Final Report on the Audit of Peace Corps in Gambia

The post's financial and administrative operations required improvement in a number of areas and did not fully comply with agency policies and applicable federal laws and regulations. Specifically: The director of management and operations (DMO) did not review all of the supporting documents when conducting the monthly cash reconciliation permitting the cashier to retain approximately $1,700 U.S. dollar equivalent (USDE) for 33 days without depositing funds in the U.S. disbursing officer account. The post did not properly record and track bills of collection (BOC), permitting the cashier to retain approximately $22,600 USDE outside the imprest fund safe for 79 days without depositing funds in the U.S. disbursing officer account. The financial assistant (FA) and the former administrative assistant did not receive sufficient training to effectively perform their duties. The agency paid staff medical insurance invoices without complying with requirements for vendor selection and obtaining obligating documents. The post did not adequately track and recover payments for employee medical insurance expenses from 2010 to 2013.