Management Advisory: U.S. African Development Foundation’s Lack of Responsiveness to Oversight Matters Limits Transparency Into Agency Operations and Management of Funds

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Advisory

Report Number
A-ADF-26-005-A

May 29, 2026

Between March/April 2025 and May 2026, USADF has been nonresponsive to OIG information requests for two statutorily mandated assessments critical to ensuring controls over information technology systems and safeguarding taxpayer funds. The required fiscal year (FY) 2026 assessment of USADF’s information security program and the audit of its financial statements are due July 31, 2026, and November 16, 2026, respectively. Between March/April 2025 and January 2026, USADF leadership did not provide the information we needed to complete these assessments for FY 2025. In addition, USADF has not addressed 11 of our 12 open recommendations, some dating back as far as August 2024, related to addressing fraud risks in the Agency’s grants management activities. A senior USADF career official attributed the non-responsiveness to changes in USADF staff structure and access to information systems and records.We did not make recommendations; however, we highlight that the lack of timely information from USADF obstructs OIG’s oversight and limits visibility into the Agency’s operations and programming. It also exposes taxpayer dollars and sensitive U.S. government information to significant and ongoing risks.

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Tags: Office of Inspector General USAID, U.S. Agency for International Development OIG, USAID Office of Inspector General, USAID OIG