USAID OIG

"The American people deserve confidence that their taxpayer dollars are protected, and the communities who rely on U.S. assistance deserve assurance that the support intended for them is not lost to fraud, corruption, or abuse." Read the testimony here: oig.usaid.gov/node/8089

"USAID OIG remains deeply committed to safeguarding U.S. taxpayer dollars and ensuring accountability over foreign assistance." Watch the hearing here: foreignaffairs.house.gov/committee-acti…

"Nobody has a track record like the USAID OIG in fighting fraud and corruption in foreign assistance...As State looks to administer billions in foreign assistance funding, maximum oversight to safeguard taxpayer dollars is essential." Yesterday, USAID OIG's Associate Deputy Inspector General Adam Kaplan testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence on critical issues to foreign assistance oversight. 🧵

Proud to share our insights, experience, and expertise in providing aggressive oversight over foreign assistance. And catching perpetrators who defraud U.S. taxpayers and abuse beneficiaries of our aid programs. Our mission continues. Watch the testimony below.

USAID Office of Inspector General looks forward to testifying before Congress next Tuesday on “Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Foreign Aid: Lessons Learned and Charting a Path Forward.” @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign. Tune in here! foreignaffairs.house.gov/committee-acti…

Continued U.S. oversight and reconciliation of ineligible payments would help ensure that U.S. contributions support eligible beneficiaries. Read more: oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/…

The Government of Ukraine took steps to strengthen criteria and verification processes for direct budget support benefiting Ukrainian internally displaced persons, but has not yet determined the full extent of duplicate payments to IDPs or payments made to IDPs living abroad.

Our recent audit on USAID’s direct budget support to Ukraine also looked at whether USAID's funds supported eligible internally displaced persons (IDPs). Eighty-four percent of USAID’s direct budget support went to the Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) fund, a portion of which paid IDPs living expenses. We found USAID’s contributions to the PEACE fund supported some eligible IDPs but also supported duplicate payments and IDPs living abroad.

Read more: oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/…

USAID also contracted KPMG to audit direct budget support funds. KPMG did not submit any of the six required audit reports. USAID extended the timelines for the audit reports to accommodate KPMG’s difficulties obtaining accurate, timely information from the Government of Ukraine, but KPMG did not meet the extended due dates either.

In response to Russia’s full-scale invasion, Congress appropriated and USAID obligated approximately $30 billion in direct budget support (DBS) to the Government of Ukraine in fiscal years 2022 to 2024.  USAID provided the majority of this support, nearly $26 billion, through a World Bank multi-donor trust fund. Our recent audit assessed USAID’s oversight of these contributions. 🧵

USAID's humanitarian assistance warehouse in Dubai provided humanitarian aid to vulnerable populations in the region, including Afghanistan, Gaza, and Syria. Our recent audit of the Dubai warehouse found that a lack of robust control activities resulted in inconsistent information in USAID’s inventory data, including value discrepancies of approximately $4 million between systems. USAID also did not enforce certain oversight requirements and as a result could not ensure that commodities stored in the Dubai warehouse remained unspoiled and in operable condition. As prepositioning warehouses continue to play a critical role in the U.S. government’s humanitarian response efforts, decisionmakers should regularly assess warehouse inventory information, enhance procurement planning, and improve the management of certain nonfood items in the future. oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/…

For more on our Gaza-related oversight, please visit: oig.usaid.gov/our-work/gaza-…

In 2022, a USAID OIG investigation resulted in the debarment of numerous World Health Organization doctors and other officials found to have sexually assaulted Congolese women and girls during the Ebola response.

USAID OIG has ongoing investigative work aimed at preventing the recirculation of terrorist-affiliated actors across aid organizations operating in Gaza 🧵

Our investigation has led to the first known debarment by the United States of a terrorist affiliated with a UN agency entrusted to implement humanitarian assistance programming. The investigation remains active and ongoing, with numerous additional referrals expected. Aid intended to support civilians in need must not be compromised, diverted, or otherwise impeded by those tied to designated terrorist organizations. oig.usaid.gov/node/8061