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GAO-24-107319 1 (2024-06-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqno0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States June 4, 2024 The Honorable Samantha Power Administrator U.S. Agency for International Development 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20523 Priority Open Recommendations: U.S. Agency for International Development Dear Administrator Power: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your continued personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2023, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 75 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 USAID's recommendation implementation rate was 100 percent.3 As of May 2024, USAID had 41 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our May 2023 letter, USAID has implemented both of our open priority recommendations. Specifically, USAID created performance goals to assess the progress of the Feed the Future initiative. USAID also established quantifiable targets for these goals and their associated performance indicators. These actions will help 1Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operations, for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a high-risk or duplication issue. 2GAO, Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2023, GAO-24-900483 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2023). 3USAID's implementation rate has been 100 percent for the past four fiscal years. See Priority Open Recommendations: U.S. Agency for International Development, GAO-21-456PR (Washington, D.C.: May 17, 2021); Priority Open Recommendations: U.S. Agency for International Development, GAO-22-105799 (Washington, D.C.: May 18, 2022); Priority Open Recommendations: U.S. Agency for International Development, GAO-23-106534 (Washington, D.C.: May 9, 2023). GAO-24-107319 USAID Priority Recommendations Page 1

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