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DOD Financial Management: Air Force Needs to Properly Account for All General Equipment That Contractors Hold
GAO-26-107442
Feb 04, 2026
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2 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that all general equipment that contractors hold that is tracked in the D035 system has item descriptions and serial numbers. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that officials adhere to policies requiring program offices to establish integrated product teams to plan for and manage the receipt of returned general equipment that is maintained in the D035 system. (Recommendation 2)
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Ukraine: State Should Build on USAID’s Oversight of Direct Budget Support
GAO-25-107057
Sep 24, 2025
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5 Open Recommendations
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure the entity within State responsible for overseeing U.S. DBS funding to Ukraine works with the World Bank and any other entities needed to continue examination of the report-to-report expenditure changes we identified, to enhance the oversight of the remaining U.S. DBS funding. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure the entity within State responsible for overseeing U.S. DBS funding updates any inaccurate information previously reported to Congress on Ukraine's use of DBS funding and shares this updated information with Congress. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Senior Official of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs submits a report to Congress on Ukraine's use of DBS funding appropriated through the fifth Ukraine Supplemental. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure the entity within State responsible for overseeing U.S. DBS funding assesses and prioritizes Deloitte's recommendations to address weaknesses in Ukraine's processes for managing U.S. DBS funding and communicates these priorities to the government of Ukraine. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure the entity within State responsible for overseeing U.S. DBS funding takes action to understand Ukraine's progress on addressing the weaknesses PwC identified in the country's internal controls for managing DBS funding. (Recommendation 5)
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U.S. African Development Foundation: Strategic Approach Needed to Mitigate Fraud Risks
GAO-25-107574
Sep 15, 2025
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4 Open Recommendations
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African Development Foundation The USADF President should conduct workforce planning assessments to determine USADF's needs and ensure it has the necessary personnel to support, among other things, establishing internal control policies, assessing and mitigating fraud, ensuring appropriate separation of duties, managing procurements, and maintaining up-to-date policies and procedures. (Recommendation 1)
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African Development Foundation The USADF President should implement policies and processes for an effective and strategic internal control environment for managing fraud risks, waste, and abuse, such as ensuring the Board of Directors establishes the required advisory council. (Recommendation 2)
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African Development Foundation The USADF President should establish a strategic approach to managing fraud risks consistent with leading practices, such as designating someone within USADF to lead fraud risk management activities; planning regular program fraud risk assessments and developing a fraud risk profile; conducting regular fraud-awareness training; and developing a plan outlining how the program will respond to identified fraud. (Recommendation 3)
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African Development Foundation The USADF President should develop a process to ensure that its policies and procedures guiding decisions on and use of awards are documented, reviewed periodically, and reflect relevant laws and regulations. (Recommendation 4)
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DOD Financial Management: Actions Needed to Account for Army Ammunition at Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated Sites
GAO-25-107123
Sep 04, 2025
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2 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army develops and implements a process and associated guidance for ammunition inventory held at COCO sites to help ensure that it (1) identifies responsible officials and the COCO sites that hold ammunition inventory, (2) accurately and timely records ammunition inventory transactions in its financial accounting records, and (3) retains supporting documentation over ammunition inventory transactions. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army updates the AMCOM Operating Materials and Supplies Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated Reconciliation Standard Operating Procedures to include key steps for completing the reconciliations, such as (1) identifying which specific data elements in the LMP system the Army will reconcile with contractor records, including serial numbers, condition codes, and quantities, and (2) resolving discrepancies related to aged ammunition records where supporting documentation is no longer available. (Recommendation 2)
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