AUD-MERO-19-10-09

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs develop and implement procedures that require rating officials of Contracting Officer’s Representatives to solicit performance input from the Contracting Officer via email or memorandum for related work commitments when the Contracting Officer’s Representatives’ duties entail 25 percent or more of their workload, as required by 14 Foreign Affairs Handbook-2 H-114, “COR Work Commitments.”