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Audit of Peace Corps/Ghana

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
IG-20-04-A
Report Type
Audit
Component
Post
Description
OIG conducted the audit of Peace Corps/Ghana from July 15, 2019 to August 2, 2019. Our overall objective in auditing overseas posts is to determine whether the financial and administrative operations are functioning effectively and in compliance with Peace Corps policies and Federal regulations. The post’s financial and administrative operations required improvement to comply with agency policies and applicable Federal laws and regulations. Our report contains 52 recommendations directed to both the post and headquarters. Our recommendations included strengthening controls over managing imprest funds, Volunteer payments, property accountability, grants management, security certifications, financial management system access, and bill of collections; ensuring that contracts are adequately executed, and purchases are adequately authorized.
Agency Wide
No (location specific)
Location(s)

Ghana

Questioned Costs
$346335
Funds for Better Use
$38,404

Recommendations

Disclaimer: Open/Closed recommendations are updated semiannually.

We recommend that the director of management and operations ensure that the cashier and the alternate cashiers have their own safes or a separate compartment in the same safe with its own combination code to conduct imprest operations.

We recommend that the director of management and operations monitor the cashier’s cash transfers to ensure that alternate cashiers’ access is current and cash counts are conducted before, during, and after the transfers of imprest control.

We recommend that the director of management and operations ensure all staff involved in the sub-cashiering operations receive training on how to properly account for sub-cashiers’ advances including safeguarding and reconciliation procedures.

We recommend that the director of management and operations monitor the sub-cashiers’ cash counts to ensure that they are conducted as scheduled in OFMH 13 (Exhibit C.10).

We recommend that the director of management and operations ensure that the training center sub-cashier’s pass-through accounts is fully operational.