Audit of USAID Egypts Management

Audit of USAID/Egypt’s Management of U.S. Personal Services Contractors Audit Report Number 6-263-04-005-P May 19, 2004 Cairo, Egypt May 19, 2004 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, USAID/Egypt, Kenneth C. Ellis FROM: Regional Inspector General/Cairo, David H. Pritchard /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Egypt’s Management of U.S. Personal Services Contractors (Report No. 6-263-04-005-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 includes six recommendations to strengthen USAID/Egypt’s management of U.S. personal services contracts. In your written comments, you concurred with these recommendations and identified actions taken to address our concerns. Therefore, we consider that final action has been taken on all recommendations. I appreciate the cooperation and courtesy extended to my staff during the audit. 1 (This page left intentionally blank) 2 Table of Summary of Results 4ContentsBackground 5Audit Objectives 6Audit Findings 6Did USAID/Egypt determine its requirements for U.S. personal services contractors in accordance with USAID policies and procedures? 6USAID/Egypt Needed To Consider Hiring Locally 8Did award U.S. personal services contracts inaccordance with selected USAID policies and procedures? 9Administrative Controls Needed Improvement 10Procedures for Administering ...