Audit of Selected Performance-Based Task Orders for Information Technology Services

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT OF SELECTED PERFORMANCE-BASED TASK ORDERS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AUDIT REPORT NO. A-000-08-005-P MAY 15, 2008 WASHINGTON, DC Office of Inspector General May 15, 2008 MEMORANDUM TO: A-M/CIO, Phil Heneghan M/OAA/OD, Maureen A. Shauket FROM: Director, IG/A/ITSA, Melinda G. Dempsey /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of Selected Performance-Based Task Orders for Information Technology Services (Report No. A-000-08-005-P) This memorandum transmits the Office of Inspector General’s final report on the subject audit. In finalizing the report, we considered your comments on our draft report and included those comments in their entirety in Appendix II of this report. This report contains two recommendations to help USAID improve its use of performance-based task orders for information technology services. Based on your response to our draft report, we have reached management decisions on recommendations nos. 1 and 2. Please notify the Bureau for Management’s Audit, Performance and Compliance Division when final actions are completed. I appreciate the cooperation and courtesies extended to my staff during the audit. U.S. Agency for International Development 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20523 www.usaid.gov CONTENTS Summary of Results ................................................................................................. ...