Audit of USAID Ghanas Annual Reporting Process

Audit of USAID/Ghana’s Annual Reporting Process 7-641-04-006-P July 22, 2004 Dakar, Senegal July 22, 2004 MEMORANDUM FOR: USAID/Ghana Director, Sharon Cromer FROM: RIG/Dakar, Lee Jewell III /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Ghana’s Annual Reporting Process (Report No. 7-641-04-006-P) This memorandum is our final report on the subject audit. In finalizing this report, we considered management’s comments on our draft report and included them in Appendix II. This report contains three recommendations to which you concurred in your response to the draft report. Based on your plans in response to the audit findings, management decisions have been reached on all three recommendations. However, the three recommendations will remain open until the planned actions are completed by the Mission. Please coordinate final actions on these three recommendations with USAID’s Office of Management Planning and Innovation (M/MPI). I appreciate the cooperation and courtesies extended to the members of our audit team during this audit. 1 (This page intentionally left blank) 2 Table of Summary of Results 5 Contents Background 6 Audit Objective 7 Audit Findings Has USAID/Ghana complied with USAID guidelines in meeting annual reporting requirements specified in the Automated Directives System (ADS)? 7 Data Assessment Procedures Need To Be ...