SIGAR

SIGAR OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED SPECIAL PROJECT
PRODUCTS
• Special Project Review 17-17-SP:
Women’s Cricket Leadership Exchange
Grant: Efforts to Increase Women’s
Participation in Cricket Hindered by
a Lack of Support from Afghanistan
Cricket Board
• Special Project Review Letter 17-18-SP:
USAID-Supported Health Facilities in
Baghlan
• Special Project Review 17-21-SP:
Nonpayment to Afghan Subcontractors
Update
OTHER SIGAR OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
• High-Risk List 17-25-HRL
ALERT LETTERS
• Audit Alert Letter 17-14-AL: Response
to Congressional Request for
Information about TFBSO Villas
with officials within the Ghani administration, a $99 million, improperly
awarded, sole-source contract was terminated, avoiding excessive costs to
the financing entity, to which the United States is a lead contributor. SIGAR
initiated 18 new investigations and closed 13, bringing the total number of
ongoing investigations to 259.
This quarter, SIGAR’s suspension and debarment program referred
six parties for suspension or debarment based on evidence developed as
part of investigations conducted by SIGAR in Afghanistan and the United
States. These referrals bring the total number of individuals and companies
referred by SIGAR since 2008 to 809, encompassing 453 individuals and 356
companies to date.
AUDITS
SIGAR conducts performance audits, inspections, and financial audits
of programs and projects connected to the reconstruction effort in
Afghanistan. Since its last report to Congress, SIGAR has issued one audit
alert letter, one performance audit, three financial audits, and two follow-up
inspection reports. This quarter, SIGAR has 14 ongoing performance audits.
Audit Alert Letter
U.S. military and civilian officials have asked SIGAR to provide them with
real-time information to prevent waste and increase the effectiveness of
U.S. reconstruction programs. One of SIGAR’s main goals is to provide
implementing agencies and Congress with actionable information while
there is still time to make a difference. To achieve that goal, SIGAR sends
audit alert letters to highlight concerns.
During this reporting period, SIGAR sent one audit alert letter in
response to a congressional inquiry about DOD’s Task Force for Business
and Stability Operations’ use of private villas in Kabul and other locations
in Afghanistan.
Audit Alert Letter 17-14-AL: Response to Congressional
Request for Information about TFBSO Villas
On December 5, 2016, SIGAR wrote to Representative Walter Jones with a
response to his information request about DOD’s Task Force for Business
and Stability Operations’ (TFBSO) use of private ‘villas’ in Kabul and other
locations in Afghanistan. Representative Jones requested that SIGAR provide
information on the cost, occupancy, and use of the villas.
To answer these questions—listed below by number with an abridged
version of SIGAR’s response—SIGAR auditors searched the TFBSO hard
drive that DOD delivered to SIGAR on January 14, 2016, which DOD
claimed contained all of its remaining electronic records on the task force.
Additionally, SIGAR contacted all the agencies that performed contracting
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SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL I AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION