2016 | Office of Inspector General

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USAID's Implementation of Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information Needs Significant Improvement

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MCC's Implementation of Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information, Needs Strengthening

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"Hearing to Review the FY 2017 Budget Request and Funding Justification for the USAID" - Testimony of Ann Calvaresi Barr, USAID Inspector General, Before the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropria

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Fraud Investigations Expose Weaknesses in Syria Humanitarian Aid Programs – Statement of Ann Calvaresi Barr, USAID Inspector General, Before the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on “U.S. Humanitarian Assist

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"USAID Top Management Challenges and OIG Initiatives" - Statement of the Honorable Ann Calvaresi Barr Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on State Dept. and USAID International Operations, and Bilateral International Development

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USAID OIG Investigations Dashboard, Iraq-Syria Complex Crisis, June 29, 2016

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Reports of Corrupt Practices in Cross‐Border Aid to Syria

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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is conducting a complex investigation into cross-border aid programs providing humanitarian relief in Syria. These programs are run from both Turkey and Jordan by multiple nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with funds from USAID and other international donors.
Recent international press reports have raised issues of irregularities involving some of these programs.

Former Employee of U.S. Contractor in Afghanistan Sentenced on Bribery and Structuring Conspiracy Charges

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WASHINGTON – A former government contractor employee was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for his role in a bribery scheme involving a federal program in Afghanistan and conspiracy to structure financial transactions to avoid currency transaction reporting requirements.

Virginia Security Contractor to Pay $44,000 Over Allegations of Illegally Exporting Firearms Accessories

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Alexandria, VA — Pax Mondial LLC, doing business as Mondial Risk Management Company (MRMC), agreed to pay the United States $44,000 to settle civil fraud claims that it illegally exported firearms accessories from the United States to Afghanistan in 2012. At the time, MRMC was providing security services to support work on the Kandahar Helmand Power Project, a United States Government reconstruction project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

United States Sues Former Executives of Government Contractor for Making False Claims in Connection with Reconstruction Contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq

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WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that the government has filed suit under the False Claims Act against Derish M. Wolff and Salvatore J. Pepe, respectively the former CEO and CFO of Louis Berger Group Inc. (LBG), for conspiring to overbill the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other government agencies for costs incurred performing reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries, the Justice Department announced today. LBG is based in East Orange, New Jersey.

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