The USAID OIG (office of inspector general) said in 2024, paraphrasing
The people we’re giving money to are expected to self-report fraud/abuse
They’re supposed to report it to OIG, but instead they report it to USAID
USAID takes its sweet time before reporting it to us (OIG) which limits our ability to investigate
Some of the agencies we give money to (UN) refuse to cooperate with us because they claim to have immunity
Somebody we fire can just switch to a different UN agency and do the same shit there
The OIG suggested USAID close loopholes, build an internal database, add certification steps. For years, and they did none of it.
They’re doing internal trainings and education to avoid phishing scams and such. A small step.
It sounds any large company. And that’s not a good thing. Maybe gutting and starting from scratch is the way to go. It means losing all the tribal knowledge unfortunately. But if a rebuild takes 5-10 years and lasts 50, that’s a good thing.
Question still remains – gut, gut and rebuild, or rebuild? I can see how frustratingly slow rebuild would be.
https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/TMC_FY_2025-FINAL.pdf
