Recommendation Dashboard

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that Visionary Consulting Partners, LLC corrects the material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 13 and 14 of the audit report.

Determine the allowability of $34,447 in ineligible questioned costs on page 23 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Verify that FHI 360 corrects the two material instances of noncompliance detailed on pages 23 to 26 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID/Southern Africa verify that Humana People to People in South Africa corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 26 of the audit report.

Determine the allowability of $66,848 in questioned costs ($51,594 ineligible and $15,254 unsupported) detailed on pages 26 to 32 and 34 to 36 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

we recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that Fundación Oxfam Intermón corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages III-1 through III-3 and IV-3 through IV-7, of the audit report.

We recommend that Millennium Challenge Corporation determine the allowability of $111,618 in questioned costs ($111,618 ineligible), on pages 31 to 38 of the audit reports, and recover any amount that is unallowable.

We recommend that Millennium Challenge Corporation verify that MCA-Cote d'Ivoire corrects the two material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 39 to 45 of the audit report.

We recommend that Millennium Challenge Corporation verify that MCA-Cote d'Ivoire corrects the four instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 58 to 64 of the audit report.

Issue a work plan to implement pre-award protection and monitoring measures outlined in the Agency's "Policy on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse."

Standardize acquisition and assistance award requirements to include (a) codes of conduct specific to sexual exploitation and abuse for all implementers and (b) requirements for implementers to review and certify that subimplementers establish sexual exploitation and abuse-related internal controls and codes of conduct.

Issue guidance to Agency staff on roles and responsibilities for assessing implementers' internal controls designed to protect beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse when conducting pre-award risk assessments.

Issue guidance to implementers on information they must provide to USAID pursuant to the new pre-award risk assessment requirement that includes measures to protect beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse.

Issue guidance to implementers on information they must provide to USAID pursuant to the new pre-award risk assessment requirement that includes measures to protect beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse.

Issue guidance to implementers detailing what is expected of them in response to sexual exploitation and abuse allegations, including defining when to report, to whom to report, what information to provide, what actions to take in response to sexual exploitation and abuse allegations, and how to respond using a survivor-centered approach.

Develop and implement an Agency-wide process, including clear delegation of roles and responsibilities, for responding to allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse. This process should specify to whom within USAID allegations must be communicated and define responsibilities for reviewing implementers' handling of allegations, while establishing safeguards to protect sensitive information and adhering to a survivor-centered approach.

Coordinate with relevant USAID offices to develop and implement a long-term Agency-wide centralized tracking mechanism to support the Agency's management of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse.

As the Agency develops a long-term mechanism, implement an interim reporting process and centralized tracker for sexual exploitation and abuse allegations. An office or position should be identified to manage the centralized tracker, which should include, at a minimum, all allegations received by USAID from February 2018 forward in order to enable the Agency to determine the universe of allegations and the status of each.

Determine the allowability of $50,275 in questioned costs ($35,366 ineligible and $14,909 unsupported) on pages 13 and 19 to 33 of the report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Verify that National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal corrects the one material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 25 and 26 of the audit report.

Verify that NSET corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 34 and 35 of the audit report.

Determine the allowability of $1,575,557 ($1,573,877 ineligible and $1,680 unsupported) in questioned costs as detailed in Table 1 on pages 2-3 of this memorandum and recover any amount that is unallowable.