Office of Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is responsible for detecting and preventing fraud, waste, abuse, and violations of law and to promote economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the operations of USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the United States African Development Foundation, and the Inter-American Foundation. Upon request, OIG also provides oversight services to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

Office of Inspector General,
U.S. Agency for International Development
AbbreviationUSAID OIG
FormationDecember 16, 1980[1]
Inspector General
Ann Calvaresi-Barr[2]
Parent organization
United States Agency for International Development
Websiteoig.usaid.gov

The OIG fulfills these responsibilities by conducting audits, investigations, and other reviews. OIG accomplishments are reported in semiannual reports to the Congress.[3] OIG’s published plans and reports,[4] testimony,[5] and press releases[6] are available on its Web site.[7] The underlying law laying out the OIG's authority, responsibility, and reporting requirements is the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended.[8]

OIG is organized into three operational units: Audit, Investigations, and Management. It has eleven overseas offices located in Baghdad, Iraq; Cairo, Egypt; Dakar, Senegal; Frankfurt, Germany; Islamabad, Pakistan; Kabul, Afghanistan; Manila, Philippines; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Pretoria, South Africa; San Salvador, El Salvador; and Tel Aviv, Israel.[9]

The U.S. Agency for International Development Inspector General is currently Ann Calvaresi Barr and Thomas J. Ullom serves as the Deputy Inspector General.

References
  1. https://oig.usaid.gov/content/history-oig
  2. "Inspector General- U.S. Agency for International Development". Retrieved 19 Jun 2016.
  3. http://transition.usaid.gov/oig/public/semiann/semiannual_recent.htm
  4. http://transition.usaid.gov/oig/public/public1.htm
  5. http://transition.usaid.gov/oig/whoweare/presentation_at_international_co1.htm
  6. [http://transition.usaid.gov/oig/pressreleases.htm
  7. http://transition.usaid.gov/oig/
  8. http://transition.usaid.gov/oig/IG_Act-with_Reform_Act_Booklet_March27.pdf
  9. "USAID OIG offices".
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