Recommendation Contents
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental Scientific Affairs update the language in its formal solicitation letters for interagency agreements, as well as the language in all formal interagency agreements, in accordance with the Department’s Procurement Information Bulletin 2013-03 or the Procurement Information Bulletin on nonacquisition interagency agreements when issued, to include, for purposes of substantiation, the requirement for all recipients to maintain supporting documentation for all financial expenditures, all project activities, and pertinent achievements as reported in the recipients’ performance and financial reports.
