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.

2024

May 06, 2024
Financial Audit on USAID Resources Managed by the African Institute for Development Policy Under the Building Capacity for Integrated FP/RH and PED Action Project for the period April 13, 2021, to September 30, 2023
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-056-R
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that the African Institute for Development Policy corrects the six instances of material noncompliance detailed in the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability of the $744,195 direct questioned costs ($2,713 ineligible and $741,482 unsupported) on pages 32, 44, 55, and 63 of the audit report and recover any unallowable amount.

Questioned Cost
744195
Funds for Better Use
0
May 03, 2024
Financial Audit of the Exports, Job, And Market Linkages in Carpet and Jewelry Value-Chains Project in Afghanistan, Managed by the Turquoise Mountain Trust, Agreement 72030619CA00001, January 1 to December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
5-306-24-037-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Afghanistan determine the allowability of the $79,488 of ineligible questioned costs as reported on page 13 and detailed on pages 20-25 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
79488
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

USAID/Afghanistan verify that TMT corrects the five instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 20-30 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Apr 23, 2024
Financial Audit of Norwegian People’s Aid Under Multiple Awards for the Year Ended December 31, 2017
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-052-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability of $45,253 in questioned costs ($23,999 ineligible, $21,254 unsupported) on pages III-2 and III-3 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
45253
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 13, 2024
Apr 18, 2024
Financial Audit of Multiple USAID Awards Managed by Piramal Swasthya Management and Research Institute in India, April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023
NFA Transmittal
5-386-24-034-R
Recommendation
2

USAID/India Verify that PSMRI corrects the 1 instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 40 and 41 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Oct 29, 2024
Recommendation
1

USAID India verify that PSMRI corrects the 1 material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 34 and 35 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Oct 29, 2024
Mar 27, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Relief Society of Tigray in Ethiopia Under Multiple Agreements, January 1 to December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
4-000-24-084-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/BHA verify that Relief Society of Tigray in Ethiopia corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 39 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Mar 26, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa in Multiple Countries Under Cooperative Agreement AID-OAA-A-17-00029, January 1 to December 31, 2020
NFA Transmittal
4-000-24-079-R
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/M/OAA/CAS/CAM verify that Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 22 to 23 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 24, 2024
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/M/OAA/CAS/CAM determine the allowability of $36,297 in ineligible questioned costs on pages 12 and 13 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
36297
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 24, 2024
Mar 25, 2024
New Partnerships Initiative: USAID Provided Technical Assistance to Support Implementation but Faced Challenges with Data Reliability, Partner Inexperience, and Mission Staff Capacity
Audit Report
9-000-24-003-P
Recommendation
3

We recommend that the Director of the Local, Faith, and Transformative Partnerships Hub take the following actions: Update guidance on the New Partnerships Initiative to clarify performance measurement requirements, including the frequency and method of communicating results from the missions to the responsible office in Washington, DC, and the intended use of the data at the Agency level

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the Director of the Local, Faith, and Transformative Partnerships Hub take the following actions: Develop resources and best practices for award recipients on how to track, monitor, and report New Partnerships Initiative sub-award data to USAID.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 25, 2024
Recommendation
2

We recommend that the Director of the Local, Faith, and Transformative Partnerships Hub take the following actions: Conduct an assessment of the utility of the sub-award indicator, given underlying data reliability issues, and consider alternative indicators to measure progress toward New Partnerships Initiative goals.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Mar 20, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Deloitte & Touche LLP in Kenya Under Cooperative Agreement 72061521CA00006, May 1, 2022, to April 30, 2023
NFA Transmittal
4-615-24-076-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa determines the allowability of $74,768 in ineligible questioned costs on pages 22, 38-39, 58-64, and 73-74 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
74768
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 03, 2024
Mar 19, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Acción Contra el Hambre in Multiple Countries Under Multiple Awards, for the Year Ended December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-045-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that Acción Contra el Hambre corrects the instances of material noncompliance, detailed on pages III-2 and III-3 of the report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Mar 18, 2024
Withdrawal From Afghanistan: USAID Faced Challenges Assisting in the Evacuation and Relocation of Implementer Staff
Audit Report
E-306-24-001-M
Recommendation
6

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia, in coordination for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, take the following actions: Document and disseminate to staff with enterprise risk management (ERM) equities, the bureau's ERM governance structure, the roles and responsibilities of each member within the structure, and the bureau's review and assessment process for its assessable units.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
4

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia take the following action: Resolve USAID/Afghanistan access issues to the Synchronized Pre-Deployment and Operational Tracker database.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 24, 2024
Recommendation
5

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia, in coordination for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, take the following actions:

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 24, 2024
Recommendation
3

We recommend that the Office of Acquisition and Assistance take the following actions: Review the approval process of administrative guidance to implementers and make appropriate changes to streamline it for use in crisis scenarios, for example, by clarifying the role of each reviewer.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
7

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia, in coordination for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, take the following actions: Conduct annual training for staff with ERM equities on the ERM process so that they have sufficient expertise to review and assess subordinate mission risk profiles.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 24, 2024
Recommendation
2

Finalize readiness guidance or tools that outline options of what acquisition and assistance staff can provide to implementers in crisis situations.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 18, 2024
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the Office of Acquisition and Assistance take the following actions: Perform an assessment to identify types of support USAID can provide implementers in a potential future country evacuation to set clear expectations with implementers.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 18, 2024