AUDIT OF USAID ANGOLA’S DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT OF USAID/ANGOLA’S DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES AUDIT REPORT NO. 4-654-08-006-P September 30, 2008 PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA Office of Inspector General September 30, 2008 MEMORANDUM TO: USAID/Angola, Mission Director, Susan Brems FROM: Regional Inspector General/Pretoria, Nathan Lokos /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Angola’s Democracy and Governance Activities (Report No. 4-654-08-006-P) This memorandum transmits our final report on the subject audit. In finalizing our report, we considered your comments on our draft report and have included your response in its entirety as Appendix II. The report includes seven recommendations that USAID/Angola: (1) (a) properly record and report on program results, (b) maintain source documents, and (c) avoid mathematical errors; (2) assess its indicator for the number of domestic election observers trained to confirm that the results are clearly and reasonably attributable to USAID efforts, and redefine the indicator if the results are not attributable to USAID efforts; (3) complete a review of the 20 documents identified in this report with performance end dates of 2005 and prior totaling about $452,000 and deobligate the balances that are no longer needed; (4) establish procedures requiring final review and approval from senior management for performance management plans; (5) strengthen its procedures to ...