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Internal Controls: AID Missions Overstate Effectiveness of Controls for Host Country Contracts

NSIAD-91-116 Published: Feb 11, 1991. Publicly Released: Feb 11, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Agency for International Development's (AID) policies and procedures for host-country contracting, focusing on whether AID missions in Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan accurately reported the status of internal controls for host-country contracts.

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Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status Sort descending
U.S. Agency for International Development The Administrator, AID, should ensure that overseas missions provide complete and accurate reports on internal control weaknesses.
Closed – Not Implemented
Host country contacts now constitute an insignificant portion of AID's total contracting workload and therefore the need to check on mission supplied information no longer exists.

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Contract oversightEmbassiesFederal procurement policyForeign aid programsForeign governmentsInternal controlsReporting requirementsFederal agency accounting systemsNational securityInternational affairs