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Audit of Peace Corps/Management of Grants for Volunteer Projects

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
IG-13-04-A
Report Type
Audit
Participating OIG
Peace Corps OIG
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Recommendations

Disclaimer: Open/Closed recommendations are updated semiannually.

We recommend that the Office of Strategic Partnerships and the Office of Global Health and HIV, in coordination with the Office of Inspector General, establish a process for reporting lost, misused or unaccounted grant project funds to the Office of Inspector General.

We recommend that the Office of Global Operations incorporate grant management roles and responsibilities into standard staff position descriptions and statements of work.

We recommend that the Office of Strategic Partnerships and the Office of Global Health and HIV, in coordination with the Office of General Counsel and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, establish a standardized process to determine the preferred recipient of grant funds across all grant programs.

We recommend that the Office of Strategic Partnerships and the Office of Global Health and HIV dev.elop consistent requirements for posts on the retention of electronic and paper documentation for internal and outside grant projects and provide a file checklist to aid posts in ensuring all the documentation is retained

We recommend that the Office of Strategic Partnerships and the Office of Global Health and HIV, in coordination with the Office of the Chief Information Officer, develop an integrated grants management system for internal and outside grant projects that meets the tracking needs of posts and the reporting needs of headquarters and if feasible, link to already existing data systems.