In March, USAID OIG leader, Nicole Angarella testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Hearing on "Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability of Ukraine Assistance." She was joined by OIG leaders from the Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Department of State (State), our partners in providing independent oversight over the United States' support to Ukraine and its people.

View full hearing and download USAID OIG's opening statement below. 

In April, USAID OIG leader Angarella testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on lessons learned from OIG's decades of oversight of USAID's programming in Afghanistan. Testimony was also provided by leaders from DoD OIG, State OIG and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

View the hearing and read Ms. Angarella’s written testimony below. 

In April, we provided written testimony for the record for the hearing entitled “Review of the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)”.

Read the written testimony below: 

This spring, USAID OIG senior leaders met with UN officials in Rome, New York and Geneva in furtherance of providing independent oversight, and ensuring accountability over USAID funding to UN agencies.

The delegation, led by USAID IG leader Angarella, also met with:

• Then-U.S. Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture Cindy McCain
• U.S. Ambassador to the UN for UN Management and Reform Christopher Lu
• U.S. Ambassador to the UN Economic and Social Council Lisa Carty
• U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN and Other International Organizations Bathsheba Nell Crocker

The OIG delegation reinforced its expectations for access to information relating to USAID-funded programs and UN agencies' obligation to provide timely disclosures of credible allegations of misconduct, including fraud, corruption, and sexual exploitation & abuse.

"For real comprehensive, robust oversight [of USAID's response in Ukraine], it can’t be done remotely,” said Nicole L. Angarella, in a February 2023 interview with the Wall Street Journal. “The closer we are, the more comprehensive oversight will be.”

USAID OIG will have two permanent spots, beginning this summer, for criminal investigators to work from Kyiv to investigate allegations of misconduct affecting U.S. non-security assistance to Ukraine.

We remain committed to working in close collaboration with the OIGs of State, DoD, and other domestic and international partners to provide timely, effective, and impactful oversight of U.S. assistance to Ukraine.

USAID OIG is proud to present its Semiannual Report to Congress for the period beginning October 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023.

During this reporting period, our 183 performance and financial audits and evaluations covered $53.4 billion in funds, generated 118 recommendations for improved operations, and identified over $9 million in questioned costs. Our investigative work resulted in over $63 million in monetary results, 18 referrals for criminal prosecution, and referrals of 17 individuals and organizations for consideration of government-wide suspension and debarment, including UN officials found to have committed sexual exploitation and abuse.

Read the full report below. 

We conducted this audit to determine to what extent USAID/Egypt’s higher education program used information from:

1. Performance indicators to maximize workforce development of graduates and the strength of Egyptian tertiary education institutions.
2. An end-of-project evaluation to design a new scholarship activity.

We conducted this audit to assess the extent to which USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) ensured that:

1. The organizational risks of fraud, waste, and abuse stemming from the presence of sanctioned groups or individuals in the northern Central America response were assessed.
2. Cash-transfer activities were designed to mitigate selected risks of fraud and diversion.

Recently, officials from USAID OIG provided testimony, briefings, and information to the following congressional committees:

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability: Provided testimony on oversight of programming in in Afghanistan and responses to questions for the record on funding for oversight of COVID-19 programming.

House Foreign Affairs Committee: Provided testimony, responses to questions for the record on oversight of USAID’s Ukraine response.

Senate Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: Provided written testimony and briefings on FY 24 funding and oversight of USAID’s Ukraine response.  

Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Provided briefings on oversight of Ukraine and USADF. 

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs: Provided a briefing on USAID COVID-related programming.

House Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: Provided a briefing on FY 2024 budget request and oversight of USAID funding through the United Nations.

We are committed to providing timely and proactive updates to our congressional stakeholders on our work and key issues affecting the agencies we oversee. Please contact OIGLegAffairs@usaid.gov for more information.

In May, USAID OIG spoke on oversight of foreign assistance, including in Ukraine, with presentations hosted by the following organizations:

The World Bank Group Internal Audit: Presented on the evolving demands and increased public interest in oversight of foreign assistance.

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Presented on USAID OIG's independent oversight of USAID's response in Ukraine to a bipartisan group of congressional staff. 

For more information on USAID OIG and our work, please contact OIGLegAffairs@usaid.gov.