Foreign Assistance Oversight


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Foreign assistance oversight: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session.




U.s. Foreign Assistance


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U.S. foreign assistance : what oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure accountability? : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, April 10, 2013.




Foreign Assistance Oversight


Book Description




Foreign Assistance Oversight


Book Description

Foreign assistance oversight : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session.




Foreign Assistance Oversight


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Foreign Assistance Oversight


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Foreign Assistance Oversight


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Foreign Assistance


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Foreign Assistance


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The U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Cuba Program provides assistance to support human rights and promote nonviolent democratic change in Cuba. From 1996 through 2008, the program awarded $83 million in grants to nongovernmental organizations and universities. In 2006, GAO found weaknesses in program oversight that increased the risk of grantees' improperly using grant funds and failing to comply with U.S. laws. In 2008, misuse of grant funds at organizations with the program's two largest grants was detected. GAO was asked to examine (1) actions that USAID has taken since 2006, or plans to take, to improve its award and oversight of the Cuba Program's grants and (2) actions that USAID has taken in response to the recently detected misuses of grant funds. GAO analyzed USAID and grantee records, conducted limited reviews at five grantees, and interviewed agency and grantee officials. GAO recommends that USAID (1) ensure that the Cuba Program is staffed at the level needed to fully implement planned monitoring activities and (2) periodically assess the program's overall efforts to reduce grantee risks.