Recommendations

Department of State

452

Open Unclassified Recommendations¹

137

Open Sensitive But Unclassified Recommendations²

423

Open Classified Recommendations³

U.S. Agency for Global Media

0

Open Unclassified Recommendations¹

36

Open Sensitive But Unclassified Recommendations²

0

Open Classified Recommendations³

Department recommendations include 49 recommendations that are associated with the International Boundary Water Commission.

Keyword or Phrase

Action Office

Status

Financial Value

Significant

Issued Date (From)

Issued Date (To)

Reports Per Page

Review of the Consular Annual Certification of Management Controls Process

ISP-I-16-01 October 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented Significant

The Bureau of Consular Affairs should restructure the Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls as a proactive tool for establishing clear objectives, assessing risk, communicating relevant information, and continually monitoring management controls using SharePoint or other appropriate knowledge management vehicle.
Recommendation Number

2

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of Consular Affairs should implement standard procedures for using aggregated data and individual Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls responses to identify and assess risk and to determine how risk is to be managed.
Recommendation Number

3

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of Consular Affairs should report annual findings based on the Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls to the Assistant Secretary.
Recommendation Number

4

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of Consular Affairs should implement a policy for sharing relevant data and information derived from the Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls with managers and staff members in domestic directorates.
Recommendation Number

5

Closed Acceptable Alternative

The Bureau of Consular Affairs should implement procedures to continuously monitor compliance with overseas management control activities.
Recommendation Number

6

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of Consular Affairs should require the Office of the Executive Director, in coordination with other domestic directorates and overseas consular managers, to conduct a thorough, systematic review of the Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls to formulate questions that conform to Federal management controls standards.

Review of the Statements of Assurance Process

ISP-I-15-37 September 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, in conjunction with the regional bureaus, should create a uniform mechanism for posts to report to their regional bureaus deficiencies in management controls that are not reportable in statements of assurance.
Recommendation Number

2

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services should issue guidance for performing comprehensive reviews on the full range of activities in the mission.
Recommendation Number

3

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services should provide specific guidance on management controls duties, processes, and procedures at the beginning of each fiscal year.
Recommendation Number

4

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services should implement a mechanism for information sharing between bureaus at the working level on internal control deficiencies to determine whether the deficiencies in the aggregate should be reported as a material weakness or significant deficiency.
Recommendation Number

5

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services should identify areas for mandatory review in future statements of assurance on the basis of centralized analysis of risk assessments.
Recommendation Number

6

Closed Implemented

The Foreign Service Institute, in coordination with the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, should develop training for senior managers on their management control responsibilities.
Recommendation Number

7

Closed Implemented

The Foreign Service Institute, in coordination with the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, should include a module about the Government Accountability Office’s Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government in the basic, intermediate, and senior leadership classes (PK245, PT207, PT133).
Recommendation Number

8

Closed Implemented

The Foreign Service Institute, in coordination with the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, should include a module on the Government Accountability Office’s Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government in its Political and Economic tradecraft classes.

Review of Department of State Compliance with Program Evaluation Requirements

ISP-I-15-36 September 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of Budget and Planning should add a required discussion of performance section in the Bureau Resource Request for diplomatic engagement funding.
Recommendation Number

2

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of Budget and Planning, in coordination with the Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources, should include other performance management tools in the guidance associated with the Evaluation Policy.

Audit of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Administration and Oversight of Foreign Assistance Funds Related to the Global Threat Reduction Program

AUD-SI-15-41 September 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction, develop and implement standard operating procedures to prepare and complete formal monitoring plans in accordance with Department policies ("U.S. Department of State Federal Assistance Policy Directive," Sub-Chapter 3.01-A).
Recommendation Number

2

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction, develop and implement standard operating procedures to obtain, review, and take appropriate corrective action on issues identified in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 audit reports.
Recommendation Number

3

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management, develop and implement standard operating procedures to verify that risk assessment processes are performed as required by "U.S. Department of State Federal Assistance Policy Directive," Sub-Chapter 2.03-A.
Recommendation Number

4

Closed Implemented $1,700,000 Significant

OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management and the Bureau of the Legal Adviser, Office of Buildings and Acquisitions, (a) determine whether the 12 percent service fee for the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation grant (a total of $1.7 million over 5 years) questioned by OIG is allowable; (b) obtain support for the basis for the fee; and (c) recover any costs determined to be unallowable.
Recommendation Number

5

Closed Implemented $11,727 Significant

OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management, (a) determine whether questioned grant transaction costs of $1,752 and $7,150 (hotel accommodations), and $2,825 (baseball tickets) are allowable; and (b) recover any costs determined to be unallowable.
Recommendation Number

6

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) complete the integration of project data for each of its partner countries into the baseline model, using the performance indicators and metrics developed by the Monterey Institute, which were garnered from best practices and based on ideal standards, to better assess and report on the performance of ISN/CTR programs relative to the President’s 2010 National Security Strategy.

Management Assistance Report: Action Still Needed To Update the Department’s Standards of Conduct as They Relate to Trafficking in Persons and To Comply With a Related Recommendation

AUD-ACF-15-43 September 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights provide a report to OIG within 60 days of report issuance on the status of corrective actions and the reasons for delays in completing corrective actions on Recommendations 1 and 2 from Audit Report AUD/IP-12-02.
Recommendation Number

2

Closed Not Implemented

OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights provide a plan of action to complete corrective actions, including appropriate milestones, to address Recommendations 1 and 2 from Audit Report AUD/IP-12-02.

Audit of Selected Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund Management Controls

AUD-FM-15-40 September 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund develop a control to periodically reevaluate its lines of authority, responsibility, and reporting to ensure that its organizational structure continues to meet its needs.
Recommendation Number

2

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF) develop and implement a standard process for developing Memorandums of Understanding (MOU). This process should require the approval of the final MOU by, at a minimum, the NDF Director and Comptroller as well as controls to ensure that no changes can be made to the MOU without approval by these individuals.
Recommendation Number

3

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund perform a comparison of the cost of employing contractors to the cost of equivalent Federal positions.
Recommendation Number

4

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund modify the Project Closeout Checklist to include an area where project managers can document any issues encountered when completing the checklist and formally notify project managers of the requirement to document issues.
Recommendation Number

5

Closed Acceptable Alternative

OIG recommends that the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund develop a formal, documented annual budgeting process. The process should include a method for determining the amount of funding needed for administrative purposes.
Recommendation Number

6

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund formally notify personnel of the costs that should be considered when determining whether to prepare an acquisition plan.
Recommendation Number

7

Closed Implemented

OIG recommends that the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund revise its policy and procedures for contract modification to clarify documentation and approval requirements.

Audit of Department of State Management and Oversight of Non-Lethal Assistance Provided for the Syrian Crisis

AUD-MERO-15-39 September 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented Significant

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

2

Closed Implemented $886,021 Significant

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

3

Closed Implemented $6,040 Significant

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

4

Closed Implemented $825,221 Significant

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

5

Closed Implemented Significant

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

6

Closed Implemented Significant

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management, develop and implement a process to verify that grants officers conduct a comprehensive written risk assessment to identify possible "high risk" awards prior to their issuance, as outlined in the Federal Assistance Policy Directive, Subchapter 2.03, "Federal Award Review of Risk Posed by Applicants."
Recommendation Number

7

Closed Implemented Significant

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

8

Closed Implemented Significant

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

9

Closed Implemented Significant

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations develop and implement a process to verify that grants officers and grants officers representatives develop monitoring plans that comply with the Federal Assistance Policy Directive, Subchapter 3.01-A, “Monitoring Plan,” at the onset of any solicitation of applications for assistance award and that the plans identify specific baselines and targets that will allow the Department of State to adequately assess the recipient’s performance.
Recommendation Number

10

Closed Implemented Significant

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor develop and implement a process to verify that grants officers and grants officers representatives develop monitoring plans that comply with the Federal Assistance Policy Directive, Subchapter 3.01-A, “Monitoring Plan,” at the onset of any assistance award and that the plans identify specific baselines and targets that will allow the Department of State to adequately assess the recipient’s performance.

Inspection of Embassy Tokyo, Japan

ISP-I-15-35A August 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, in coordination with the Bureau of Human Resources, should upgrade the rank of the economic and political minister counselor positions at Embassy Tokyo to Senior Foreign Service class of minister counselor.
Recommendation Number

2

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should streamline the economic section by eliminating the deputy unit chief designation in the trade and economic policy unit and in the environment, science, technology, and health unit.
Recommendation Number

3

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should eliminate the standalone deputy function in the economic section and assign the current incumbent of the position to lead the trade and economic policy unit.
Recommendation Number

4

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should update the description for position 20466000 to eliminate the division of reporting responsibilities between the financial attaché and the economic section so that the officer reports solely to the financial attaché and through the attaché to the economic minister counselor.
Recommendation Number

5

Closed Acceptable Alternative

Embassy Tokyo should shift supervision of its locally employed economic assistants and specialists to the section’s two unit chiefs.
Recommendation Number

6

Closed Implemented $601,142

The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, in coordination with the Bureau of Human Resources, should abolish position 20439000 in the economic section effective upon the departure of the current incumbent.
Recommendation Number

7

Closed Implemented $601,142

The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, in coordination with the Bureau of Human Resources, should move position 10641000 from the political to the public affairs section.
Recommendation Number

8

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should implement a political reporting plan that includes a contact development program.
Recommendation Number

9

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should update its economic reporting plan and focus resources on contact development and analytical reporting.
Recommendation Number

10

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should implement a standardized filing system for the economic section that uses common-use drives or folders.
Recommendation Number

11

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should establish a regular science cluster and an economic policy cluster coordinated by the economic minister counselor
Recommendation Number

12

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should require each principal officer to draft a reporting plan that includes reporting performance in principal officers’ performance evaluations.
Recommendation Number

13

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should develop and implement a public diplomacy strategy.
Recommendation Number

14

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should incorporate fully the American Center Japan into its public affairs strategy.
Recommendation Number

15

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should establish an internal speakers program.
Recommendation Number

16

Closed Implemented

The embassy should conduct a customer survey and a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether the Media Analysis and Translation Team’s products are needed to further embassy goals.
Recommendation Number

17

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, should develop a scope of work and establish clear guidelines governing the work of the Media Analysis and Translation Team.
Recommendation Number

18

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should designate a locally employed staff position in the public affairs section to act as coordinator for digital and social media activities.
Recommendation Number

19

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should comply with Department of State regulations and directives for grants management oversight, including scheduling periodic review by grants officers and grants officer representatives.
Recommendation Number

20

Closed Implemented $1,202,284

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Consular Affairs, should request that the Bureau of Human Resources eliminate the deputy unit chief positions in the visa and American citizens services units position numbers 31144000 and 34657000) when the incumbents complete their tours.
Recommendation Number

21

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should shift direct supervision of the consular communication unit to the Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs.
Recommendation Number

22

Closed Implemented

The Bureau of Consular Affairs should provide guidance to consular managers regarding how to comply with Department requirements to review issued passport applications.
Recommendation Number

23

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should cease offering routine consular services at American Presence Post Nagoya.
Recommendation Number

24

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Consular Affairs, should conduct a cost-benefit analysis of providing consular services in Fukuoka and Sapporo.
Recommendation Number

25

Closed Implemented

The Foreign Service Institute, in coordination with Embassy Tokyo, should conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether it should outsource or continue to perform in house the overseas portion of the Japanese-Language training program.
Recommendation Number

26

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should justify its rationale for providing in-house accommodation exchange and determine whether it should continue.
Recommendation Number

27

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, should conduct a review of cash requirements to determine an adequate level of the cashier’s permanent advance.
Recommendation Number

28

Closed Acceptable Alternative

Embassy Tokyo should require principal officers to pay official residence expense staff salaries directly.
Recommendation Number

29

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should issue a management announcement to mission staff outlining supervisors’ responsibility for the accuracy of employee position descriptions.
Recommendation Number

30

Closed Acceptable Alternative

Embassy Tokyo should review locally employed staff position descriptions for accuracy and appropriate classification of grade and position title and update descriptions as needed.
Recommendation Number

31

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should hold managers accountable for completion of local employees’ performance reviews by the prescribed due date.
Recommendation Number

32

Closed Implemented $59,190

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Human Resources, should terminate the payment of post allowance to family member appointees.
Recommendation Number

33

Closed Not Implemented $42,176

Embassy Tokyo should outsource its post language program to commercial vendors.
Recommendation Number

34

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should provide Equal Employment Opportunity and discriminatory harassment training to mission staff.
Recommendation Number

35

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should report all allegations of sexual and discriminatory harassment to the Office of Civil Rights, issue a management notice advising that supervisors and other responsible Department officials must report all allegations of sexual harassment to the Office of Civil Rights, and provide sexual harassment training to all mission staff.
Recommendation Number

36

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should designate, train, and certify contracting officer’s representatives for contracts.
Recommendation Number

37

Closed Implemented $6,859

Embassy Tokyo should terminate all shuttle services that have not been justified in accordance with the Foreign Affairs Manual.
Recommendation Number

38

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should review and update the Mission’s Motor Vehicle Policy to include the constituent post specific information, other agency use, detailed operating procedures, vehicle safety standards, and liability limits.
Recommendation Number

39

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should reassign Consulate General Naha’s primary driver to the management section and assign the driver other management duties in addition to his responsibilities as a driver.
Recommendation Number

40

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should implement procedures to review leases and conduct residential safety, health, and fire prevention inspections on all living quarters allowance program housing.
Recommendation Number

41

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should update the Embassy Tokyo Housing Handbook to include policies and procedures for leasing and inspecting living quarters allowance housing and performing safety inspections.
Recommendation Number

42

Closed Implemented $110,665

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should conduct a written cost analysis and feasibility study of providing housing on a military installation in Okinawa.
Recommendation Number

43

Closed Implemented $60,000

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations and the Office of the Legal Adviser, should terminate housing its private domestic staff of its direct-hire officers in a separate Government-owned facility.
Recommendation Number

44

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should conduct a review and determine each constituent post’s emergency generator power requirements.
Recommendation Number

45

Closed Implemented

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

46

Closed Implemented

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

47

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should convene its local information technology configuration control board to review each locally developed application and approve, as appropriate.
Recommendation Number

48

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should perform a privacy impact assessment on the eCheckin application.
Recommendation Number

49

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should assign radios to no fewer than 51 percent of Department of State employees in the mission.
Recommendation Number

50

Closed Acceptable Alternative $32,500

Embassy Tokyo should require other agencies to pay for the radios they are using on the mission’s emergency and evacuation network.
Recommendation Number

51

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should include system maintenance logging into the standard operating procedures for all the mission’s information technology networks.
Recommendation Number

52

Closed Implemented

Sensitive Information Redacted
Recommendation Number

53

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should require the Tokyo Employee’s Welfare Association to review its operations and revise its business plan to make services self-supporting.
Recommendation Number

54

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should require the American Employee’s Welfare Association to develop and submit to the Office of Commissary and Recreation Affairs a capital investment strategy for use of its excess funding.
Recommendation Number

55

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should conduct and document unannounced quarterly reviews of locally employed staff certifying activity.
Recommendation Number

56

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, should review the travel documentation where actual costs were claimed, notify the employee of the indebtedness, and initiate collection.
Recommendation Number

57

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should revise its premium class train travel policy and issue a management notice advising employees that train travel at Government expense is only authorized using coach-class accommodations.
Recommendation Number

58

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should examine travel vouchers involving indirect travel of employees and resubmit those that were not reimbursed in accordance with the Foreign Affairs Manual to the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services for review.
Recommendation Number

59

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should designate U.S. direct-hire supervisors within the public affairs section as approving officials for all travel.
Recommendation Number

60

Closed New Report

Embassy Tokyo should report the potential Anti-Deficiency Act violation that occurred by using Diplomatic and Consular Program funding rather than representation funding to pay official representation expenses to the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services.
Recommendation Number

61

Closed New Report

The Bureau of East Asian Affairs, in coordination with the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, should determine whether the regional bureau’s representation allotment was exceeded and whether administrative discipline is warranted.
Recommendation Number

62

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, should report the circumstances surrounding the charging of official residence expense program fund instead of the representation fund.
Recommendation Number

63

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should determine whether the procuring of additional wait staff for representational events using an improper obligating document represents an unauthorized commitment.
Recommendation Number

64

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should implement procedures to prohibit consular personnel from using the doors between the waiting room and the consular office area, except in emergencies.
Recommendation Number

65

Closed Implemented

Embassy Tokyo should establish a consular exchange rate and review the rate on a monthly schedule or when the international rate exceeds that of the consular rate.

Compliance Followup Review of the Special Review of the Accountability Review Board Process

ISP-C-15-33 August 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented Significant

The Office of the Under Secretary of State for Management, in coordination with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should develop minimum security standards that must be met prior to occupying facilities located in Department of State-designated high-risk, high-threat environments and include new minimum security standards of occupancy in the Foreign Affairs Handbook as appropriate.

Inspection of U.S. International Broadcasting to Afghanistan

ISP-IB-15-32 July 2015

Recommendation Number

1

Closed Implemented

Voice of America should conduct a 360 review of the senior management staff of the Afghanistan Service and take corrective actions on the basis of the outcome of the review.
Recommendation Number

2

Closed Implemented

The Broadcasting Board of Governors should implement a comprehensive harmonization strategy for U.S. international broadcasting to Afghanistan that includes all Broadcasting Board of Governors entities operating in or broadcasting to Afghanistan.
Recommendation Number

3

Closed Implemented

Voice of America, in coordination with the International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Human Resources, should implement internal procedures for rating and reviewing officers in the Afghanistan Service to comply with International Broadcasting Bureau performance evaluation regulations.
Recommendation Number

4

Closed Implemented

The International Broadcasting Bureau Office of the Chief Financial Officer, in coordination with Voice of America, should review periodically the Afghanistan Service employees’ government travel card usage and determine appropriate disciplinary action for travel card misuse.
Recommendation Number

5

Closed Implemented

The International Broadcasting Bureau Office of the Chief Financial Officer should update its travel card policy to include training requirements and implement procedures for compliance of these requirements.
Recommendation Number

6

Closed Implemented

The International Broadcasting Bureau Office of Contracts, in coordination with the Voice of America Afghanistan Service, should require contracting officer’s representatives and alternate contracting officer’s representatives to comply with all Federal contract designation and administration requirements.
Recommendation Number

7

Closed Not Implemented

The Broadcasting Board of Governors should require Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to transition to electronic funds transfers for the Kabul news bureau’s salaries and expenses.
Recommendation Number

8

Closed Implemented $1,100,873

The Broadcasting Board of Governors Office of the Chief Financial Officer should review the budget authority for unliquidated obligations for FYs 2010–14, totaling $662,451 and $432,422, respectively, and implement a review system to deobligate unliquidated obligations periodically.
Recommendation Number

9

Closed Implemented

Voice of America, in coordination with the International Broadcasting Bureau Property Management Office, should conduct comprehensive annual inventories, update inventory records, and implement property internal controls procedures in accordance with International Broadcasting Bureau regulations.
Recommendation Number

10

Closed Implemented

The International Broadcasting Bureau Office of Technology, Services, and Innovation and Office of the Chief Financial Officer should update the Property Inventory Processing System to include accountable property sent to Afghanistan and correct property and financial records.
Recommendation Number

11

Closed Implemented

The Broadcasting Board of Governors should require Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to implement cash and check reconciliation procedures in Radio Free Afghanistan’s news bureau.
Recommendation Number

12

Closed Implemented

The Broadcasting Board of Governors should require Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to implement accountability procedures for loaned equipment in the Radio Free Afghanistan news bureau.
Recommendation Number

13

Closed Implemented

Sensitive Information Redacted

7478 recommendations in total

Last Updated: June 13th, 2026

Note: The information includes all open recommendations from reports that were issued October 1, 2014. Potential Monetary Benefits values are as stated in reports—subsequent Department and USAGM management decisions and actions may result in different values.

Includes unclassified recommendations in unclassified reports; also includes unclassified recommendations in SBU reports that are publicly available.
Includes SBU recommendations in SBU reports; also includes unclassified recommendations in SBU reports that are not publicly available.
Includes classified recommendations in classified reports; also includes unclassified recommendations in classified reports.

Recommendations

452

$15,045,004

137

$0

423

$190,873,822

0

$0

36

$0

0

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