Recommendation Dashboard

OIG makes recommendations in our reports to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of agency programs and help agencies identify questioned costs and funds that could be put to better use. The aim is to spur our audited agencies to take corrective actions, which allow us to close the recommendations.

This dashboard identifies current open recommendations along with the associated questioned costs.  Open recommendations may be resolved or unresolved:

  • A recommendation is resolved when OIG agrees with the agency's plan of action.
  • A recommendation is unresolved when the agency has yet to share a plan of action or OIG disagrees with the plan.

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Total Open Recommendations (As of 6/27/24)

256

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 6/27/24)

$108,584,846


Please see an updated list of recommendations with their corresponding report below.

2020

Jun 19, 2020
USAID Needs To Improve Policy and Processes To Better Protect Information Accessed on Personal Devices
Audit Report
A-000-20-006-P
Recommendation
1

USAID's Chief Information Officer Conduct a risk-assessment of the current session-termination setting of seven days versus the eight-hour best practice for the [Agency's] external cloud system, and take the necessary action based on the results of the risk-assessment.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 19, 2020
Recommendation
2

USAID's Chief Information Officer Develop and implement written policies and procedures for Agency-created external cloud-system administrators to clearly define and specify the privileges that should be assigned to each role.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 19, 2020
Recommendation
3

USAID's Chief Information Officer Conduct a risk-assessment for Agency staff using personal devices to access the external cloud system and determine what actions Agency officials need to take to mitigate any identified risks. This includes updating relevant policies to reflect the acceptable use of personal devices consistently as deemed appropriate by management and providing training to staff on those new policies.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
4

USAID's Chief Information Officer Develop and implement policies and procedures to disable network accounts promptly for contractors when the contracted work ends.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 19, 2020
Jun 18, 2020
Financial Audit of Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V., Under Multiple USAID Grants for the Year Ended December 31, 2017
NFA Transmittal
3-000-20-018-R
Recommendation
1

USAID's office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division: Determine the allowability of $12,347 in ineligible, and $27,143 in unsupported questioned costs in Appendixes 2a and 2b of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
39490
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 22, 2022
Recommendation
2

USAID's office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division: Verify that Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V. corrects the three material instances of noncompliance detailed on Appendixes 5/1 through 5/3 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 18, 2020
Closeout Audit of the Read Alliance Project in India Managed by CKS Consulting Private Limited, Cooperative Agreement AID-386-A-13-00006, April 1 to December 31, 2018
NFA Transmittal
5-386-20-051-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/India Determine the allowability of $33,283 in questioned costs (ineligible) identified on page 24 and further detailed on pages 29-37 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
33283
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 25, 2021
Jun 18, 2020
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Norwegian Refugee Council in Multiple Countries Under Multiple Awards, January 1 to December 31, 2017
NFA Transmittal
4-000-20-083-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/M/OAA/CAS/ CAM verify that Norwegian Refugee Council take corrective action on the nine instances of noncompliance detailed on pages IV-2 to IV-9 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2022
Jun 17, 2020
Audit of the Fund Accountability Statement of Blumont Global Development Inc., Under Multiple Awards in Afghanistan, January 1 to December 31, 2018
NFA Transmittal
8-306-20-032-N
Recommendation
1

USAID/Afghanistan determine the allowability of $19,706 in questioned ineligible costs on pages 21, 22 and 23 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
19706
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 09, 2021
Recommendation
2

USAID/Afghanistan determine the allowability of $321,548 of unused project funds on pages 21, 22 and 23 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable, to be deobligated and reprogramed for better use.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
321548
Close Date
May 25, 2021
Recommendation
3

USAID/Afghanistan verify that Blumont Global Development Inc. corrects the two material instances of noncompliance detailed on pages 21 to 23 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 25, 2021
Jun 17, 2020
Examination of Avenir Health, Incorporated's Indirect Cost Rate Proposals and Related Books and Records for Reimbursement for the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2016
NFA Transmittal
3-000-20-045-I
Recommendation
1

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division Verify that Avenir Health, Incorporated corrects the instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages eight to ten of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 25, 2020
Jun 17, 2020
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Christian Aid in Multiple Countries Under Multiple Awards, April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019
NFA Transmittal
4-615-20-082-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Kenya and East Africa Determine the allowability of $40,631 in unsupported questioned costs on pages 6 and 21 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
40631
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 29, 2021
Recommendation
2

USAID/Kenya and East Africa Verify that Christian Aid corrects the five instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 32 to 36 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 29, 2021
Recommendation
3

USAID/Dominican Republic Determine the allowability of $1,428 in unsupported questioned costs on pages 6 and 21 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
1428
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 16, 2022
Jun 16, 2020
Financial Audit of Resources Managed by GOAL Under Multiple Awards for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016
NFA Transmittal
3-000-20-017-R
Recommendation
1

Office of Acquisition and Assistance/Cost, Audit and Support Division Verify that GOAL corrects the three material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 33 to 35 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 25, 2020
Jun 11, 2020
Closeout Audit of USAID Resources Managed by DanChurchAid, Under Grant 720FDA18GR00008, for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018
NFA Transmittal
3-000-20-016-R
Recommendation
1

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division Verify that DanChurchAid corrects the instance of material noncompliance detailed on page III-1 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 26, 2021
Jun 11, 2020
Examination of Costs Claimed by ICF Macro for the Two Years Ended December 31, 2015
NFA Transmittal
3-000-20-039-I
Recommendation
1

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit, and Support Division Determine the allowability of $7,094,670 ($7,044,689 unsupported, $49,981 ineligible) in direct questioned costs and recover any amount that is unallowable detailed on pages 5 through 8, and 12 through 14 of the report.

Questioned Cost
7094670
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 23, 2021
Recommendation
2

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit, and Support Division Verify that ICF Macro corrects the instance of material non-compliance detailed on pages12 through 14 of the report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 23, 2021
Recommendation
3

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit, and Support Division Verify that ICF Macro corrects the material weakness detailed on pages 12 through 14 of the report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 23, 2021