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In March 2024, Congress required the U.S. Department of State (State) to take steps to improve Office of Inspector General (OIG) and Government Accountability Office (GAO) access to information on U.S. government contributions to international organizations (IO). Specifically, State was to advance written agreements with IOs receiving U.S. funds to provide OIGs and GAO timely access to information needed for oversight of U.S. government contributions. By December 2025, however, State OIG found that the State Department had taken limited action to meet this requirement and had not secured a single agreement with any IO to facilitate oversight of U.S. contributions. In February 2026, the passage of the 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 119- 75, February 3, 2026) triggered provisions in an accompanying House report directing State OIG to report on best practices for new and enhanced oversight of IOs with which State had not secured written agreements. This report responds to that reporting requirement.