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Audit of the Peace Corps’ Compliance with PEPFAR Funding Allocation Procedures (IG-23-03-A)

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
IG-23-03-A
Report Type
Audit
Component
Agency-wide
Description
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is a multi-year U.S. Government initiative to address the HIV pandemic. The PEPFAR program is managed and overseen by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy (OGAC). Congress appropriates PEPFAR funds to the State Department, which OGAC allocates to the Peace Corps and other participating Federal agencies. The Peace Corps Office of Global Health and HIV (OGHH) serves as the primary point of contact for Peace Corps posts, regions, and other headquarter offices regarding PEPFAR operations. The regions and posts are responsible for executing PEPFAR programs in the field, including its programmatic and administrative management. The Peace Corps Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) is responsible for providing OGHH and the posts with the necessary PEPFAR strategic, technical, and financial guidance. OCFO and OGHH issue the Peace Corps PEPFAR Financial Guidance, which posts use to document how they will request, plan, and execute PEFPAR funding and its programs. Post staff must ensure expenses are correctly applied and distributed between PEPFAR and the Peace Corps’ direct appropriations and maintain the appropriate supporting documentation. The objective of this audit was to determine the basis and justifications for allocating expenses to PEPFAR funds following the global evacuation of Volunteers in March 2020.
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$14000
Funds for Better Use
$0
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Recommendations

Disclaimer: Open/Closed recommendations are updated semiannually.

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer reclassify the U.S. Direct Hire utility expenses of approximately $14,000 that was charged to PEPFAR to Peace Corps direct appropriations, consistent with the applicable guidance in effect at the time of audit.

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer reclassify the U.S. Direct Hire utility expenses of approximately $14,000 that was charged to PEPFAR to Peace Corps direct appropriations, consistent with the applicable guidance in effect at the time of audit.

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Office of Global Health and HIV/AIDS coordinate to provide training to the Directors of Management and Operations about PEPFAR allowable and unallowable expenses and to ensure that transactions charged to PEPFAR funds are following the current Office of Chief Financial Officer and Office of Global Health and HIV financial guidance.