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Foreign Assistance: USAID Should Strengthen Risk Management in Conflict Zones
GAO-24-106192
Apr 30, 2024
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9 Open Recommendations
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that BHA conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its responses in Nigeria, Somalia, and Ukraine and develops response-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that CPS conducts a comprehensive assessment of fraud risks relevant to its program in Ukraine and develops a program-specific fraud risk profile based on that assessment. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Nigeria mission conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its programs and develops program-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Somalia mission conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its programs and develops program-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Ukraine mission conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its programs and develops program-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 5)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Somalia mission develops a risk-based process for conducting financial reviews. (Recommendation 6)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Foreign Investment in the U.S.: Efforts to Mitigate National Security Risks Can Be Strengthened
GAO-24-107358
Apr 18, 2024
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5 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as CFIUS's chair, should work with member agencies to document a committee-wide process for considering and making timely decisions on enforcement actions related to mitigation agreements. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as CFIUS's chair, should work with member agencies to document a committee-wide process for periodically assessing the relevance of mitigation agreements and amending, phasing out, or terminating them when appropriate. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should document Treasury's objectives for increasing its staff for monitoring and enforcing compliance with CFIUS mitigation agreements. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should, once the targeted staffing increase is completed, analyze its CFIUS monitoring and enforcement staffing in accordance with federal workforce planning guidance, to determine the extent to which the targeted increase enables Treasury to achieve its documented objectives. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as CFIUS's chair, should work with member agencies to establish a committee-wide process to regularly discuss and coordinate the staffing levels needed to address the projected increase in workload associated with monitoring and enforcing CFIUS mitigation agreements. (Recommendation 5)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Ukraine: Status of Foreign Assistance
GAO-24-106884
Mar 28, 2024
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1 Open Recommendations
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Director of the Office of Foreign Assistance and the Comptroller implement improvements to financial systems of record to separately, more systematically, and comprehensively track the allocation, obligation, and disbursement of foreign assistance funding provided in response to the crisis in Ukraine, to include base funds allocated to areas outside of Ukraine and exclude supplemental funds that were not allocated in response to the Ukraine crisis. (Recommendation 1)
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State concurred with our recommendation. As of March 2024, State was considering ways to automate and improve its tracking of foreign assistance in response to the crisis in Ukraine. For example, State is actively designing a custom financial report that should provide allocation, obligation, and expenditure data.

Central America: USAID Should Strengthen Staffing and Fraud Risk Management for Initiative Addressing Migration to the U.S.
GAO-24-106232
Mar 14, 2024
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
U.S. Agency for International Development The Administrator of USAID should work with the Secretary of State to institute long-term human capital solutions to address FSN staffing shortages in carrying out Centroamérica Local. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
U.S. Agency for International Development The Administrator of USAID should ensure that agencywide guidance requires regular fraud risk assessments for its programs—including programs supporting USAID initiatives—as well as documentation of program-specific fraud risk profiles in accordance with leading practices in the Fraud Risk Framework. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
U.S. Agency for International Development The Administrator of USAID should ensure that agencywide guidance requires the regular provision of, and tracking of participation in, mandatory fraud awareness training for USAID staff involved in administering foreign assistance as well as for representatives of all partner organizations implementing the assistance. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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