Ongoing Work
This table includes projects initiated within State OIG's Office of Audits, Office of Inspections, and Office of Whistleblower Integrity and Special Projects and is updated on a monthly basis. Users may select a specific office, division, or agency/bureau to see a list of related ongoing work. Users may select a column header to sort within a column. New and completed work is included in the State OIG Monthly Update. Individual project announcements may also be found under News.
Updated July 9, 2026
| Office | Division | Working Title | Description | Agency/Bureau | Initiation Date |
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| Office of Audits | Foreign Assistance | Audit of the Department of State’s Compliance With Government-To-Government Assistance Pre-Certification Requirements | The primary objective of the audit is to determine whether the Department complied with G2G assistance pre-certification requirements and limitations before making funds available. |
Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom, Under Secretary for Political Affairs (P), Under Secretary for Management, Office of the (M) | |
| Office of Audits | Security and International Programs | Audit of the Department of State’s Administration of Foreign Assistance to Ukraine | The primary objective of the audit is to determine whether, following the transition of select U.S. Agency for International Development programs to the Department, U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine, Assistance Coordination Section developed the capacity to administer Ukraine foreign assistance-funded awards in accordance with federal and Department requirements. |
Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs , Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| Audits | Acquisitions and Federal Assistance | Evaluation of the U.S. Agency for Global Media's Approach to Reducing Operations | Determine whether USAGM applied key practices when it reduced operations in response to Executive Order 14238, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy. |
U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) | |
| Office of Audits | Financial Management | Audit of the Department of State FY 2026 Financial Statements | To determine whether the Department of State's financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2026, are presented fairly in all material respects, in accordance with accounting principles. |
Comptroller and Global Financial Services (CGFS), Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), Bureau of Administration, Bureau of Human Resources | |
| Office of Audits | Security and International Programs | Audit of the Bureau of Consular Affairs' Coding of Derogatory Information for Interagency Use | The objective of this audit is to determine whether CA is coding derogatory information about potential visa applicants accurately and that applicable data is available to Department of Homeland Security components responsible for immigration screening and vetting, intelligence, counterterrorism, border security, and law enforcement. |
Bureau of Consular Affairs , Bureau of Diplomatic Security | |
| Office of Audits | Security and International Programs | Audit of Emergency Preparedness at Selected U.S. Missions in East Asia | The objective of the audit is to determine whether overseas missions in selected East Asian countries are prepared to respond to a variety of emergency scenarios, including but not limited to, threats posed by Chinese aggression. |
Bureau of Diplomatic Security, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) | |
| Office of Audits | Financial Management | Audit of the U.S. Agency for Global Media FY 2026 Financial Statements | To determine whether USAGM's financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2026, are presented fairly in all material respects, in accordance with accounting principles. |
U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) | |
| Office of Audits | Strategic Priorities | Audit of the Department of State’s Vetting Processes to Mitigate Terrorist Financing Risks in the Near East | To determine whether the Department designed and implemented its risk management and vetting processes to mitigate the risk of terrorist organizations benefiting from U.S. foreign assistance funds in the Near East. |
Bureau of Administration, Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), Near Eastern Affairs (NEA), Counterterrorism (CT), Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Foreign Assistance Oversight, Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response | |
| Office of Inspections | Classified Inspection of Embassy of Embassy Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) | |||
| Office of Inspections | Inspection of Embassy Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | The objectives for this inspection are to assess the embassy’s efforts toward achieving U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, as well as to determine whether it adhered to applicable laws, regulations, and Department guidance related to policy and program implementation, consular operations, resource management, and information management. Additionally, in accordance with Section 7203 of the Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Public Law 118-159, OIG conducted a management review of certain Embassy leaders. |
East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) | ||
| Office of Inspections | Classified Inspection of Embassy The Hague and Constituent Post, Netherlands | Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs | |||
| Office of Inspections | Inspection of Embassy The Hague and Constituent Post, Netherlands, and the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons | The objectives for this inspection are to assess the embassy’s efforts toward achieving U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, as well as to determine whether it adhered to applicable laws, regulations, and Department guidance related to policy and program implementation, consular operations, resource management, and information management. Additionally, in accordance with Section 7203 of the Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Public Law 118-159, OIG conducted a management review of certain Embassy leaders. |
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs | ||
| Office of Inspections | Classified Inspection of Embassy Tashkent, Uzbekistan | South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) | |||
| Office of Inspections | Inspection of Embassy Tashkent, Uzbekistan | The objectives for this inspection are to assess the embassy’s efforts toward achieving U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, as well as to determine whether it adhered to applicable laws, regulations, and Department guidance related to policy and program implementation, consular operations, resource management, and information management. Additionally, in accordance with Section 7203 of the Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Public Law 118-159, OIG conducted a management review of certain Embassy leaders. |
South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) | ||
| Office of Inspections | Classified Inspection of Embassy Quito and Constituent Post, Ecuador | Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) | |||
| Office of Inspections | Inspection of Embassy Quito and Constituent Post, Ecuador | The objectives for this inspection are to assess the embassy’s efforts toward achieving U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, as well as to determine whether it adhered to applicable laws, regulations, and Department guidance related to policy and program implementation, consular operations, resource management, and information management. Additionally, in accordance with Section 7203 of the Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Public Law 118-159, OIG conducted a management review of certain Embassy leaders. |
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) | ||
| Office of Inspections | Evaluation of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' Oversight of Participant Safety | This evaluation will determine the extent to which ECA has clear policies and procedures in place to facilitate the safety of secondary student exchange participants and respond to safety-related complaints, assess ECA's efforts to verify that secondary student exchange sponsors and hosts adhere to participant-related safety program requirements, and assess the extent to which ECA comprehensively tracks and responds to secondary student exchange program safety-related complaints. Independent external evaluator Kearney & Company, P.C. (Kearney), will perform this review under OIG’s direction.
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Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) | ||
| Office of Audits | Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) | Operation Epic Fury Lead Inspector General Report to the United States Congress, April 1-June 30, 2026 | This quarterly report describes the activities of the U.S. government in support of Operation Epic Fury. This report also discusses related planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the Lead IG agencies and partner oversight agencies during the quarter. |
Counterterrorism (CT), Diplomatic Security (DS), Near Eastern Affairs (NEA), Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), Political-Military Affairs (PM) | |
| Office of Audits | Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) | Classified Operation Lead Inspector General Report to the United States Congress, April 1-June 30, 2026 | This quarterly report describes the activities of the U.S. government in support of a classified operation. |
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| Office of Audits | Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) | Operation Southern Spear Lead Inspector General Report to the United States Congress, April 1-June 30, 2026 | This quarterly report describes the activities of the U.S. government in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, as well as the work of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to promote the U.S. government’s policy goals related to Ukraine during the quarter. This report also discusses related planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the Lead IG agencies and our partner oversight agencies during the quarter. |
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA), Political-Military Affairs (PM) | |
| Office of Audits | Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) | Operation Atlantic Resolve, Including U.S. Government Activities Related to Ukraine, Special Inspector General Report to the United States Congress, April 1-June 30, 2026 | This quarterly report describes the activities of the U.S. government in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, as well as the work of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to promote the U.S. government’s policy goals related to Ukraine during the quarter. This report also discusses related planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the Lead IG agencies and our partner oversight agencies during the quarter. |
Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC), Budget and Planning (BP), Counterterrorism (CT), Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), Diplomatic Security (DS), Economic and Business Affairs (EBA), Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs , Public Affairs (PA), Intelligence and Research (INR), International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), International Organization Affairs (IO), Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), Political-Military Affairs (PM), Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), Office of Foreign Assistance Oversight, U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) | |
| Office of Audits | Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) | Operation Enduring Sentinel, Including U.S. Government Activities Related to Afghanistan, Lead Inspector General Report to the United States Congress, April 1-June 30, 2026 | This quarterly report describes the activities of the U.S. government in support of Operation Enduring Sentinel, as well as the work of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to promote the U.S. government’s policy goals related to Afghanistan during the quarter. This report also discusses related planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the Lead IG agencies and our partner oversight agencies during the quarter. |
Budget and Planning (BP), Bureau of Consular Affairs , Counterterrorism (CT), International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), Political-Military Affairs (PM), Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) | |
| Office of Audits | Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) | Operation Inherent Resolve, Including U.S. Government Activities Related to Iraq and Syria, Lead Inspector General Report to the United States Congress, April 1-June 30, 2026 | This quarterly report describes the activities of the U.S. government in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, as well as the work of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to promote the U.S. government’s policy goals in Iraq and Syria during the quarter. This report also discusses related planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the Lead IG agencies and our partner oversight agencies during the quarter. |
Counterterrorism (CT), Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), Diplomatic Security (DS), International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), Near Eastern Affairs (NEA), Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), Political-Military Affairs (PM), Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) | |
| Office of Audits | Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) | Operation Southern Guard Lead Inspector General Report to the United States Congress, April 1-June 30, 2026 | This quarterly report describes the activities of the U.S. government in support of Operation Southern Guard. This report also discusses related planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the Lead IG agencies and our partner oversight agencies during the quarter. |
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) | |
| Office of Audits | Strategic Priorities | Audit of the Department of State's Management of the Global Health Supply Chain Program Supporting Select African Countries | The primary objective of the audit is to determine whether the Department's management of the Global Health Supply Chain Program adhered to the America First Global Health Strategy and foreign assistance monitoring and oversight requirements, achieved intended results, and informed implementation of other global health assistance plans. |
Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy, African Affairs (AF), Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), Office of Foreign Assistance Oversight |
