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STATE OIG: Audit of the Department of State’s Contract To Monitor Foreign Assistance Programs in Iraq

May 1, 2017

Pursuit's Take

OIG found that the contracting officer’s representatives approved invoices for payment without reviewing sufficient documentation to support the invoiced amount. Specifically, OIG found that 51 of 75 invoices (68 percent) were approved for payment without documentation that supported the invoiced amount. As a result, OIG is questioning a total of $3,053,893 in unsupported costs, as shown below.

Additionally, OIG found that the Department did not adequately maintain contract files and that the Department did not promptly realign funds to specific contract line items with depleted balances, which resulted in ANI delaying for months invoicing for incurred costs.

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