Management Advisory Report: Peace Corps/Ghana Gas Tank Cooking Safety
Following the death of a Peace Corps/Ghana Volunteer, we conducted a review to assess the sufficiency of Volunteer training and Volunteer housing procedures to mitigate the risk of future accidents involving gas tanks used for cooking. Our report contains 4 recommendations to improve the agency's...
Audit of Peace Corps/Ghana
OIG conducted the audit of Peace Corps/Ghana from July 15, 2019 to August 2, 2019. Our overall objective in auditing overseas posts is to determine whether the financial and administrative operations are functioning effectively and in compliance with Peace Corps policies and Federal regulations. The...
Audit of Peace Corps/Thailand
Our report contains 13 recommendations directed to the post and headquarters. We recommend that the post improve controls related to Volunteer health information, billing and collection, and imprest fund. Additionally, we recommend that headquarters revise policies and procedures related to the...
FY 2020 Annual Plan Revision
The Office of Inspector General's annual plan revision outlines changes to our FY 2020 Annual Plan due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Evaluation of Peace Corps/Eastern Caribbean
The Office of Inspector General conducted a program evaluation of Peace Corps/Eastern Caribbean from December 2 through December 20, 2019. Our report contains 14 recommendations, which, if implemented, should strengthen post operations and correct the deficiencies detailed in the accompanying report...
Top Challenges Facing Federal Agencies: COVID-19 Emergency Relief and Response Efforts
The objective of this report is to provide insight into the top management challenges facing federal agencies that received pandemic relatedfunding as identified by Offices of Inspector General.
Semiannual Report to Congress for the First Half of FY 2020
This semiannual report informs Congress of the Peace Corps Office of Inspector General's work for October 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020.
Audit of the Peace Corps' Compliance with the Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act
The objectives of this audit were to assess whether the Peace Corps complied with the IPERA reporting requirements and provided adequate disclosure within the annual AFR and accompanying materials. In addition, we also evaluated the accuracy and completeness of the agency’s reporting.
Management Advisory Report: Peace Corps PEPFAR Financial Guidance
The purpose of this report is to bring to your attention needed improvements that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) identified while reviewing the implementation of Peace Corps PEPFAR Financial Guidance. For this review, we assessed how overseas posts followed the Peace Corps’ guidance when...