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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 establish a formal procedure to ensure that all expenditures subject to value added tax refunds are claimed and collected from the Government of Botswana revenue authorities.

We recommend that the director of management and operations establish a procedure to ensure that all refunds of value added tax paid from the host country contribution are allocated to post-specific funds to support in-country operations.

We recommend that the director of management and operations formalize procedures to account for and reconcile generator fuel purchases.

We recommend that the director of management and operations enhance the controls over verification of the Vehicle Management Information System to ensure the accuracy of entries.

We recommend that the country director ensure that security re-certifications are properly maintained for the post’s long-term personal service contractors per Peace Corps policy, including the Foreign Service nationals.