STATE OIG: Management Assistance Report: Foreign Assistance Sustainability Is Not Clearly Defined in the Foreign Affairs Manual 

The Department has not developed comprehensive guidance for bureaus on how to build sustainability into its foreign assistance programs that annually receive about $17.6 billion in funding. OIG’s review of the Foreign Affairs Manual and Foreign Affairs Handbook found that only 3 bureaus or offices, of the more than 20 that receive foreign assistance, have published references on sustainability. Without consistent guidance, sustainability will continue to be incorporated unevenly into the design and evaluation of foreign assistance programs.