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 12/12/24)

266

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 12/12/24)

$50,359,279


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

2020

Apr 21, 2020
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Children in Distress Network in South Africa Under Multiple Agreements, April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019
NFA Transmittal
4-674-20-059-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Southern Africa determine the allowability of $55,351 in questioned costs ($36,481 ineligible, $18,870 unsupported) on pages 13 and 15 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
55351
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 29, 2021
Recommendation
2

USAID/Southern Africa verify that Children in Distress Network corrects the two material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 24 to 28 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2021
Recommendation
3

USAID/Southern Africa verify that Children in Distress Network corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 31 to 35 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2021
Apr 17, 2020
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Society for Family Health in Zambia Under Multiple Awards, January 1 to December 31, 2018
NFA Transmittal
4-611-20-056-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Zambia determine the allowability of $34,579 in ineligible questioned costs on pages 21, 33, 34, and 39 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
34579
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jul 28, 2020
Recommendation
2

USAID/Zambia verify that Society for Family Health corrects the three material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 29 to 32 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jul 28, 2020
Apr 17, 2020
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute in Zambia Under Cooperative Agreement AID-611-A-15-00006, January 1 to December 31, 2018
NFA Transmittal
4-611-20-055-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Zambia verify that Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute corrects the six instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 23 to 28 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jul 28, 2020
Apr 16, 2020
Financial Audit of Oxfam GB Under Multiple USAID Agreements for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2017
NFA Transmittal
3-000-20-009-R
Recommendation
1

USAID's office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability of $111,103 in direct questioned costs ($73,343 ineligible, and $37,760 unsupported) on page 5 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
111103
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Dec 14, 2020
Recommendation
2

USAID's office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that Oxfam GB corrects the material instance of noncompliance with the agreement terms and applicable laws and regulations detailed on page III-1of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 25, 2020
Apr 16, 2020
Financial Closeout Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Integrated Water and Agricultural Development in Ghana Under Cooperative Agreement AID-641-A-16-00001, January 19, 2016, to July 18, 2019
NFA Transmittal
4-641-20-054-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Ghana determine the allowability of $28,654 in ineligible questioned costs identified on page 12 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
28654
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jul 16, 2021
Recommendation
2

USAID/Ghana determine the allowability of $47,625 in ineligible questioned cost sharing contributions identified on page 19 of the audit report and take any corrective action deemed necessary under ADS 303.3.10.

Questioned Cost
47625
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 29, 2020
Apr 16, 2020
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Northern Rangelands Trust in Kenya Under Multiple Awards, January 1 to December 31, 2018
NFA Transmittal
4-615-20-051-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Kenya and East Africa determine the allowability of $47,666 ($46,676 ineligible, $990 unsupported) on pages 18 and 20 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
47666
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 29, 2020
Recommendation
2

USAID/Kenya and East Africa verify that Northern Rangelands Trust corrects the six instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 36 to 38, and 41 to 44 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Apr 21, 2021
Mar 31, 2020
Financial Audit of the Conservation and Management in Protected Areas: Participatory Biodiversity Monitoring in Amazonian Protected Areas Program in Brazil Managed by Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas, Cooperative Agreement AID-512-A-16-00002, January 1 t
NFA Transmittal
9-512-20-021-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Brazil verify that IPE corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 27 and 28 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 22, 2021
Recommendation
2

USAID/Brazil determine the allowability of $436,097 in unsupported questioned costs on pages 21 and 23 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
436097
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 22, 2021
Mar 31, 2020
USAID Complied with the GONE Act but Still Has a High Risk of Delayed Grant Closeout
Audit Report
0-000-20-002-C
Recommendation
1

USAID, Bureau for Management, Office of Acquisition and Assistance consolidate its grant closeout process.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 17, 2021
Recommendation
2

USAID, Bureau for Management, Office of Acquisition and Assistance assign clear roles and responsibilities to individuals for the closeout process, and coordinate with other organizations on their grant closeout process.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 17, 2021
Recommendation
3

USAID, Bureau for Management, Office of Acquisition and Assistance revise its procedures to develop control activities that align with the
GONE Act criteria and 2 CFR Subpart D-Post Federal Award Requirements, S200.343 Closeout, paragraph (g); and de-obligate grants in a timely fashion.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Aug 26, 2021
Recommendation
4

USAID, Bureau for Management, Office of Acquisition and Assistance conduct an analysis to close out and de-obligate the $178.3 million obligated for expired awards and put the funds to better use, as applicable.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
178300000
Close Date
Aug 26, 2021
Recommendation
5

USAID, Bureau for Management, Office of Acquisition and Assistance remove the employee from the system as a COR until that individual has received the required training.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 27, 2021
Recommendation
6

USAID, Bureau for Management, Office of Acquisition and Assistance conduct a thorough review to ensure that the employees assigned the COR role in the system have received the required training to be recognized as a COR.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 27, 2021
Recommendation
7

USAID, Bureau for Management, Office of Acquisition and Assistance follow documented policies and procedures regarding training and
career/professional development required for the COR role; ensure that the policy is implemented and followed by all staff members; and retain appropriate documentation, specifically, training certificates.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 27, 2021
Recommendation
8

USAID, Bureau for Management, Office of Acquisition and Assistance follow documented policies and procedures regarding the closeout of grants.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Aug 26, 2021
Recommendation
9

USAID, Bureau for Management, Office of Acquisition and Assistance ensure that agency policy adequately addresses which type of closeout
documentation is required for the type of grant being closed out.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Aug 26, 2021
Mar 27, 2020
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Churches Health Association of Zambia, Under Cooperative Agreement AID-611-A-16-00003, January 1 to December 31, 2018
NFA Transmittal
4-611-20-049-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Zambia Verify that Churches Health Association of Zambia corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 34 and 35 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Apr 30, 2021
Mar 27, 2020
Financial Audit of Indus Basin SME Investments Limited's Management of the Pakistan Private Investment Initiative Project, Cooperative Agreement AID-391- A-14-00001, January 1 to December 31, 2018
NFA Transmittal
5-391-20-023-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Pakistan verify that Indus Basin SME Investments Limited corrects the four material instances of noncompliance detailed on pages 16 and 18-19 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jul 07, 2021