Inspector General Reports

The Office of Inspector General conducted a program evaluation of Peace Corps/Eastern Caribbean from December 2 through December 20, 2019. Our report contains 14 recommendations, which, if implemented, should strengthen post operations and correct the deficiencies detailed in the accompanying report.

This semiannual report informs Congress of the Peace Corps Office of Inspector General's work for October 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020.

The Office of Inspector General's annual plan revision outlines changes to our FY 2020 Annual Plan due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The objectives of this audit were to assess whether the Peace Corps complied with the IPERA reporting requirements and provided adequate disclosure within the annual AFR and accompanying materials. In addition, we also evaluated the accuracy and completeness of the agency’s reporting.

The purpose of this report is to bring to your attention needed improvements that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) identified while reviewing the implementation of Peace Corps PEPFAR Financial Guidance. For this review, we assessed how overseas posts followed the Peace Corps’ guidance when using the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding for payments. Our review found that the Peace Corps does not have adequate policy, procedures, and guidance to ensure that PEPFAR funds received by the Peace Corps are appropriately managed.

This evaluation issued 22 recommendations to address findings in the areas of leadership, collaboration, staffing, site management, Volunteer safety and security support, and Volunteer administrative support. We did not have any findings in the areas of programming, training, or Volunteer health support.

This evaluation assessed Peace Corps/Panama operations in the following areas: programming, training, site management, Volunteer health, Volunteer safety, administration, communication and collaboration, and staffing. The report made 14 recommendations, which, if implemented, should strengthen post operations and correct the deficiencies detailed in the report.

This semiannual report informs Congress of the Peace Corps Office of Inspector General's work for April 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019