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 12/11/25)

283

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 12/11/25)

$49,291,932


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

2020

Jun 25, 2020
Financial Audit of the Power Transmission System for Wind Project in Sindh Wind Corridor in Pakistan Managed by National Transmission and Dispatch Company Limited, Grant 391-PEPA-ENR-WTL-00, for the Year Ended June 30, 2019
NFA Transmittal
5-391-20-055-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Pakistan Determine the allowability of $2.56 million in unsupported questioned costs identified on page 2 of this memorandum and detailed on pages 21-22 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
2560000
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 30, 2021
Jun 25, 2020
Examination of Costs Claimed by Futures Group International, LLC for the Three Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2015
NFA Transmittal
3-000-20-049-I
Recommendation
1

USAID Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division: Determine the allowability of $11,114,685 in questioned direct costs ($11,114,685 unsupported) on pages 27 through 34 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
11114685
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Aug 17, 2022
Jun 25, 2020
Audit of the Fund Accountability Statement of the American University of Afghanistan, Support to the American University of Afghanistan Project, Cooperative Agreement AID-306-A-13-00004, August 1, 2015 to June 30, 2019
NFA Transmittal
8-306-20-034-N
Recommendation
1

USAID/Afghanistan Determine the allowability of $1,221,748 in questioned costs ($1,220,315 ineligible and $1,433 unsupported) on pages 27, 28, and 32 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
1221748
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 19, 2021
Recommendation
2

USAID/Afghanistan Verify that the AUAF corrects the two material internal control weaknesses detailed on page 27 to 31 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 19, 2021
Recommendation
3

USAID/Afghanistan Verify that the AUAF corrects the three material instances of noncompliance detailed on pages 32 to 37 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 19, 2021
Jun 23, 2020
Independent Audit of Deloitte Consulting-Federal's Claimed Direct Costs on USAID Contracts in Fiscal Years 2012 through 2015
NFA Transmittal
3-000-20-013-D
Recommendation
1

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division: Determine the allowability of $2,299,259 in ineligible direct questioned costs, on pages 11 to 15 of the report, and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
2299259
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 01, 2021
Recommendation
2

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division Verify that Deloitte Consulting-Federal corrects the six instances of material noncompliance detailed on page 5 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 01, 2021
Jun 23, 2020
Closeout Audit of Aman Institute for Vocational Training's Management of the Karachi Youth Workforce Development Project in Pakistan, Cooperative Agreement AID-391-A-15-00005, July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019
NFA Transmittal
5-391-20-053-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Pakistan: Determine the allowability of $41,525 in questioned costs (ineligible) on pages 11 and 12 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
41525
Funds for Better Use
0
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 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 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 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