Foreign Agricultural Service’s Controls Over McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program Funding

Analyze the advance payment requests FAS received from FY 2023 to the date of implementation of advance payment review policies and procedures in Recommendation 5, to determine whether the recipients included rollover funds, and follow up as needed.

Review and update FAS’ reimbursement and advance payment tracking system to accurately track recipients’ advance payment requests, including rollover funds.

Revise current agreement closeout policies and procedures to reflect regulatory requirements.

Establish and implement a formalized plan to resolve the historical backlog and close out these agreements.

Analyze whether FAS’ existing closeout process (including the agency’s existing resources and distribution of responsibilities) is effective to meet its objectives, and implement closeout process revisions, if needed, based on the results.