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Audit of Peace Corps/Botswana

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
IG-18-02-A
Report Type
Audit
Component
Post
Description
We found that the post’s financial and administrative operations required significant improvement to comply with agency policies and applicable Federal laws and regulations. Our report contains 25 recommendations directed to both the post and headquarters. At the post, our recommendations included strengthening controls over managing imprest funds, bills of collections, security certifications, and Volunteer payments; ensuring collection of all necessary receipts to claim value added tax refunds; and ensuring proper management oversight of grants, vouchers, and credit cards. Management concurred with all 25 recommendations.
Agency Wide
No (location specific)
Location(s)

Botswana

Questioned Costs
$15417
Funds for Better Use
$7,166
View report on Oversight.gov

Recommendations

Disclaimer: Open/Closed recommendations are updated semiannually.

We recommend that the country director and the director of management and operations ensure cashiers are performing daily cash counts according to policy.

We recommend that the director of management and operations ensure that the cashiers keep daily cash count records and supporting documents for two months after their creation.

We recommend that the director of management and operations monitor employees receiving cash advances to ensure advances are only given to authorized individuals.

We recommend that the director of management and operations work together with the cashier to collect all overdue interim advances.

We recommend that the country director and the director of management and operations ensure that unannounced cash counts are performed each month on a random basis.