AUDIT OF USAID’S PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT OF USAID’S PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF AUDIT REPORT NO. 9-000-07-004-P DECEMBER 22, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC Office of Inspector General December 22, 2006 MEMORANDUM TO: GH/HIV-AIDS Director, S. Ken Yamashita FROM: IG/A/PA Director, Steven H. Bernstein /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID’s Progress in Implementing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Report No. 9-000-07-004-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 in Appendix II. This report includes two recommendations for the Office of HIV/AIDS Director to (1) meet with the Department of State’s Office of U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator to clarify the start and cut-off dates for measuring progress and achieving outputs, and (2) request that the Department of State’s Office of U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator issue guidance to all USAID missions with Emergency Plan activities to clarify these dates. In your written comments, you described actions taken to address our Recommendation Nos. 1 and 2. Accordingly, we consider final actions have been taken on both recommendations upon issuance of this report. I appreciate the cooperation and courtesy extended to my staff during the audit. U.S. Agency for ...