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USAID/Afghanistan Determine the allowability of $169,032 in questioned costs ($12,573 ineligible and $156,459 unsupported) on pages 39 to 50 and 52 to 55 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

USAID/Afghanistan Verify that Roots of Peace corrects the seven instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 38 to 50 and 53 to 55 of the audit report.

USAID/Zambia Determine the allowability of $37,131 in questioned costs ($20,277 ineligible, $16,854 unsupported) on pages 22 and 23 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

USAID/Zambia Verify that Development Aid from People to People corrects the five material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 33 to 38 of the audit report.

USAID/Zambia Verify that Development Aid from People to People corrects the four instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 42 to 45 of the audit report.

USAID/Zambia Verify that Development Aid From People to People provides Society for Family Health with a copy of the findings raised in BDO's audit report for their review to (a) determine the allowability the questioned costs identified on pages 22 and 23 and recover the amounts determined to be unallowable; and (b) take any appropriate action regarding the two material weaknesses and one instance of material noncompliance related to the subaward identified on pages 33, 34, 36 and 41.

USAID/Afghanistan Verify that Family Health International corrects the four material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 23, 25-27 and 29 of the audit report.

USAID/Afghanistan Verify that Family Health International corrects the two material instances of noncompliance detailed on pages 24 and 28 of the audit report.

USAID/Afghanistan Verify that DAI Global, LLC corrects the four material instances of noncompliance detailed on pages 44 to 47 of the audit report.

USAID/Southern Africa Verify that Grassroot Soccer South Africa corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page III-1 and III-2 of the audit report.

USAID/Pakistan implement a plan to ensure education project implementers report in their quarterly progress reports any implementation challenges, follow-up performed to resolve those challenges, and the current status of the challenges.

USAID/Pakistan implement a system that maintains a record of the Mission's portfolio reviews, including but not limited to, review of the critical assumptions, issues identified, and management's follow-up of the identified issues.

USAID/Pakistan implement a plan to identify the root causes associated with the lack of capacity of the Government of Sindh's Education Department and local contractors that created major challenges for the construction component of the Sindh Basic Education Program, and implement a plan to address these issues.

USAID/Pakistan implement cost-estimate guidelines and training to include detailed guidance on what steps should be followed when reviewing independent government cost estimates under Government-to-Government programs, including the requirement to document the review. Guidelines should ensure that steps are included for determining the allowability of cost items that the Mission should consider while reviewing the independent government cost estimates.

USAID/Pakistan review the independent cost estimates for the Sindh Basic Education Program's school-construction component specifically to identify items that are not permitted by the host-country agreement and other guidance, reiterate in writing that the unpermitted costs should not be included in cost estimates for future projects, and take appropriate action to recover any unpermitted amounts already paid.

USAID/Southern Africa Determine the allowability of $3,333,476 in questioned costs ($1,372,288 ineligible, $1,961,188 unsupported) on pages 13, 17 and 18 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

USAID/Southern Africa Verify that Anova Health Institute NPC corrects the two material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 32 to 35 of the audit report.

USAID/Southern Africa Verify that Anova Health Institute NPC corrects the six instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 39 to 52 of the audit report.

USAID/Southern Africa Verify that Anova Health Institute NPC provides Right to Care NPC and FHI360 with a copy of the findings raised in PricewaterhouseCoopers' audit report for their review to (a) determine the allowability of $156,808 in questioned costs identified on page 17, and 39 to 40 and recover the amounts determined to be unallowable and (b) take any appropriate action regarding the one instance of material noncompliance related to the questioned costs identified.

USAID/Haiti Verify that FONKOZE corrects the material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 20 and 21 of the audit report.

USAID/M/OAA/CAS/CAM Verify that Medair corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 40 of the audit report

USAID/Afghanistan Determine the allowability of $25,297 in questioned costs ($6,605 ineligible and $18,692 unsupported) detailed on page 15 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

USAID/Afghanistan Verify that Michigan State University corrects the material instance of noncompliance detailed on pages 28, 29, and 30 of the audit report.

USAID/Afghanistan Determine whether the amounts awarded without open and free competition; detailed on pages 28, 29, and 30; were reasonable.