Audit Report Number 9-000-04-003-p

Audit of USAID’s Training, Use and Accountability of Cognizant Technical Officers Audit Report Number 9-000-04-003-P March 31, 2004 Washington, D.C. March 31, 2004 MEMORANDUM FOR: M/HR/OD Director, Rose Marie Depp M/OP/OD Director, Timothy T. Beans FROM: IG/A/PA Director, Nathan S. Lokos /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID’s Training, Use and Accountability of Cognizant Technical Officers (Report No. 9-000-04-003-P) This memorandum transmits our final report on the subject audit. In finalizing this report, we considered your comments on our draft report and have included your comments in their entirety in Appendix II. This report includes five procedural recommendations. In your written comments, you concurred with these recommendations and identified actions to address our concerns. Consequently, management decisions have been reached on all five recommendations. Please provide documentation supporting final action on these ndations to USAID’s Office of Management Planning and Innovation. I want to express my sincere appreciation for the cooperation and courtesy extended to my staff during the audit. (This page intentionally left blank.) Summary of Results.....................................................................................5 Table of Contents Background................................................................................... ...