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U.S. Agency for International Development
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Development Aid From People to People in Malawi Under Multiple Awards, January 1 to December 31, 2023
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Under Cooperative Agreement 72061519CA00007, January 1 to December 31, 2023
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by mothers2mothers South Africa NPC in Multiple Countries Under Multiple Awards, January 1 to December 31, 2023
Financial Audit of the Education and Coexistence Project in El Salvador Managed by Fundacin Empresarial para el Desarrollo Educativo, Cooperative Agreement 72051918CA00003, January 1 to December 31, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this evaluation to determine whether the upgrade to the Superfund Enterprise Management System is likely to facilitate improved documentation of institutional controls in the “Institutional Controls” module.
Summary of Findings
Because of system limitations and insufficient guidance, the information in the classic SEMS “Institutional Controls” module is not complete and available for reporting, monitoring, and other oversight activities. The upgrade to SEMS 2.0 is unlikely to improve this condition. Specifically, classic SEMS and SEMS 2.0 do not track institutional controls as independent elements of a site remedy, and they do not allow users to track planned institutional controls. In addition to these system design limitations, at the time of our fieldwork, the Office of Land and Emergency Management had not mandated that the regions use the “Institutional Controls” module, nor had it issued guidance regarding the purpose and use of the module. Consequently, the regions do not use the “Institutional Controls” module consistently, so the data do not completely or accurately reflect actual site conditions.