Audit of USAID Iraqs Infrastructure Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program

Audit of USAID/Iraq’s Infrastructure Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Report No. E-266-04-002-P June 3, 2004 Baghdad, Iraq June 3, 2004 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, USAID/Iraq, James E. Stephenson FROM: Acting Director, Audit Operations in Iraq, Catherine Trujillo /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Iraq’s Infrastructure Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program (Report No. E-266-04-002-P) This memorandum transmits our final audit report on the subject audit. In finalizing the report, we considered your comments on our draft report and have included them as Appendix II. This report included four recommendations to strengthen USAID/Iraq’s management controls related to the infrastructure reconstruction and rehabilitation activities. In your written comments, you concurred with these recommendations and identified actions taken to address each concern. We reviewed the supporting documentation provided and consider the four recommendations to have received a management decision and final action taken. I appreciate the cooperation and courtesy extended to my staff during the audit. 1 (This page intentionally left blank) 2 Table of Summary of Results 5 Contents Background 6 Audit Objective 7 Audit Findings 7 Are USAID/Iraq’s infrastructure reconstruction and rehabilitation activities performed by Bechtel National, Inc. on schedule to achieve the planned outputs? 7 ...