OIG recommends that until all 11 recommendations (see Appendix A for a list of the 11 recommendations) addressed to the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA) referenced in this report (AUD-AOQC-22-33) are implemented and closed, the Under Secretary for Political Affairs monitor NEA’s compliance responses to OIG and verify, at least quarterly, that the responses (a) are provided to OIG within the established due dates and (b) contain complete and accurate status updates that include either evidence of implementation or detailed corrective action plans with actual or proposed target dates for achieving these actions.