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Ukraine: State and USAID Should Improve Processes for Ensuring Partners Can Perform Required Work

GAO-24-106751
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Bureau of Administration, Office of the Procurement Executive establish a requirement in the Federal Assistance Directive for State award officials to periodically monitor the implementation of non-governmental organization implementing partners' procedures for screening sub-partners for past performance when selecting them for sub-awards. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Bureau of Administration, Office of the Procurement Executive establish a requirement in the Federal Assistance Directive for State award officials to conduct a verification search in the System for Award Management and screen international organizations for past performance and exclusions when selecting them for Circular-175 letters of agreement. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Bureau of Administration, Office of the Procurement Executive require award officials to include in the award file detailed documentation of the sources and assessments of past performance information that inform officials' decisions prior to approving implementing partners for awards. (Recommendation 2)
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Ukraine: State and USAID Should Improve Processes for Ensuring Partners Can Perform Required Work

GAO-24-106751
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1 Open Recommendations
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Bureau of Administration, Office of the Procurement Executive establish a requirement in the Federal Assistance Directive for State award officials to periodically monitor the implementation of international organization implementing partners' procedures for screening sub-partners for past performance when selecting them for sub-awards. (Recommendation 4)
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Human Trafficking: Agencies Need to Adopt a Systematic Approach to Manage Risks in Contracts

GAO-24-106973
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Procurement Executive, in consultation with agency trafficking experts, identifies a time frame to reevaluate whether the agency's responses to contracting-related trafficking risks are working and if the agency needs to do a broader risk assessment. (Recommendation 3)
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Human Trafficking: Agencies Need to Adopt a Systematic Approach to Manage Risks in Contracts

GAO-24-106973
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Procurement Executive assesses whether contracting officials obtained applicable annual contractor anti-trafficking certifications as part of the agency's review of its awarded contracts. (Recommendation 7)
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Wildlife Trafficking: Agencies Should Improve Efforts to Protect Human Rights in Overseas Activities

GAO-24-106553
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that implementing partners for INL awards with ranger activities that require social safeguards plans include information in periodic monitoring reports for State on the status of implementation of project social safeguard mechanisms and any steps taken to assess their effectiveness. This should include information on any issues encountered, resolutions, and lessons learned. (Recommendation 8)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure INL develops internal guidance for officials who review social safeguards plans in applicant proposals regarding the social risks and social safeguard mechanisms they should consider. These safeguards may include community consultation and engagement, consideration of Indigenous Peoples and FPIC, human rights training for rangers, and grievance and redress mechanisms. (Recommendation 3)
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Wildlife Trafficking: Agencies Should Improve Efforts to Protect Human Rights in Overseas Activities

GAO-24-106553
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure INL clarifies requirements for implementing partners for awards with ranger activities to report grievances or human rights abuse allegations to State in a timely manner. (Recommendation 9)
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State Department: Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Should Better Track Its Performance

GAO-24-106238
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for CSO fully documents CSO's performance management process, such as steps used in the annual strategic review, including the annual assessments of targets and data reliability. (Recommendation 2)
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