The list below includes projects relating to foreign assistance initiated by the Office of Audits and Office of Inspections. This list will be updated as projects are announced. For a comprehensive list of State OIG's ongoing projects, please visit Ongoing Work. Project announcements are posted under News.
The primary objective of the audit is to determine whether the Department administered contract termination requirements and deobligated available funds for selected FY 2025 contracts in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Department guidance.
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.
Audit of the Department of State’s Efforts to Provide Food Assistance to Gaza
The Department is responsible for almost $600 million in awards to deliver emergency food security, unconditional food assistance, and livelihoods support in Gaza, which is reported to be facing famine conditions. The objectives of this audit are to determine whether the Department has developed and implemented an effective structure to provide food assistance to civilians in Gaza and whether food assistance awards are achieving intended results.
Evaluation of Fraud Risks in the Department of State’s Security Assistance in Mexico
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of State (Department) initiated an Evaluation of the Fraud Risks in the Department of State’s Security Assistance to Mexico in accordance with Section 8365 of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 119-60). Since 2008, the U.S. government has provided more than $3 billion of security assistance to the government of Mexico to combat narcotics trafficking, strengthen border security, counter financial crimes, and build Mexico’s law enforcement and criminal justice capacity. OIG’s objectives for this evaluation are to determine whether the Department (Department bureaus and U.S. Mission Mexico) is positioned to identify and mitigate fraud risks associated with security assistance provided to the government of Mexico in accordance with Federal fraud risk principles and Department requirements and to evaluate how Department bureaus providing security assistance to Mexico mitigate fraud risk.
Evaluation of the Department of State’s Data Reliability of Foreign Assistance Awards
As part of the transition of additional foreign assistance programming into the Department, it has aggregated data from Department and USAID financial and administrative systems to aid in foreign assistance tracking and management. The preliminary objectives of the evaluation are to determine whether: (1) integrated USAID foreign assistance financial and award data is reliable and sufficient for Department bureaus to make informed decisions; (2) Department foreign assistance financial and award data is reliable and sufficient for Department bureaus to make informed decisions; and (3) identified differences between USAID and Department foreign assistance financial and award data has effectuated opportunities for the Department to enhance its oversight of foreign assistance awards.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of State (Department) initiated an Evaluation of Department of State Administration of Foreign Assistance Programs Transferred From the U.S. Agency for International Development. OIG’s objective for this evaluation is to describe the Department’s administration of USAID foreign assistance programs and associated awards recently transferred to the Department. The Department is responsible for administering select USAID functions, including continuing foreign assistance programs and associated awards transferred to the Department in July 2025. According to recently released figures, 951 awards with a total estimated cost of nearly $75 billion were to be distributed among 14 Department bureaus, some of which have not previously implemented foreign assistance programs, and others which were created during the Department’s recent reorganization.
Evaluation of the Department's Regional Bureaus' Administration of Foreign Assistance Programs
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of State (Department) initiated an Evaluation of the Department's Regional Bureaus' Administration of Foreign Assistance Programs. OIG’s objectives for this evaluation are to are to determine how the regional bureaus are administering foreign assistance programs, and assess the implementation of foreign assistance budgeting, planning, program design, award design, and monitoring/evaluation. The Department of State is reorganizing and changing its approach for administering foreign assistance programs. Regional bureaus have new or expanded responsibilities prompting the establishment of assistance coordination offices in Washington and regional assistance hubs at several posts in many regions. Initial observations indicate that regional bureaus are implementing different approaches to administer assistance, a factor that could affect the effectiveness of foreign assistance program administration.
Audit of the Department of State’s Efforts To Counter the Flow of Fentanyl Into the United States
The Department administers programs to counter the flow of fentanyl into the United States and is responsible for coordinating related international efforts across the U.S. government. The objective of the audit is to determine whether the Department designed and implemented a coordinated program to counter the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl precursor chemicals, and other opioids from the People’s Republic of China, India, and Mexico into the United States, and whether the Department’s counter-fentanyl efforts are achieving intended results.
PRM relies on public international organizations to provide refugee assistance in the Near East. A United Nations investigative body concluded that employees of one PRM recipient in the region may have been involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel that resulted in thousands of deaths, kidnappings, and injuries of Americans, Israelis, and Palestinians. OIG is conducting this audit to determine whether PRM implemented appropriate measures to mitigate risks that PRM-funded public international organization activities could benefit terrorist groups, their members, or their supporters in the Near East following the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
Quarterly Reports on Contingency Operations in Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Iraq and Syria
State OIG continues to work with our partners at Department of War OIG and USAID OIG to issue quarterly reports on Overseas Contingency Operations, including Operation Enduring Sentinel in Afghanistan, Operation Atlantic Resolve in Ukraine, and Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria. Each of these reports includes information on the progress of and challenges to U.S. foreign assistance activities in the region.
Inspections of Overseas Posts
OIG is currently inspecting Embassies Guatemala City, Ulaanbaatar, Tashkent, Quito, San José, Lima, Kampala, Gaborone, Bujumbura, Accra, Port Moresby, Yerevan, and Tbilisi, all of which manage significant foreign assistance portfolios. Among these ongoing inspections, six posts have a PEPFAR country program or are included in regional PEPFAR programming, two posts are designated regional hubs for managing foreign assistance, and all thirteen posts had a significant USAID presence and programming. These reviews cover all aspects of foreign assistance, including global health programming, to ensure accountability and effective management of U.S. resources.