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Foreign Assistance: AID's Use of Personal Services Contracts Overseas

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 13, 1991
Report No. NSIAD-91-237
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Summary:

Overseas missions and offices of the Agency for International Development (AID) used several hundred U.S. personal services contractors to perform a broad range of mission and project management functions. GAO's review disclosed no instances in which contractors performed inappropriate functions--such as negotiating with foreign entities; entering into an agreement on behalf of the United States; or making decisions involving planning, budgeting, programming, and personnel selections. However, in its reviews in Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, the Ivory Coast, Kenya, and Pakistan, GAO did identify situations where contractors worked without close or continuous supervision, thus enabling them to influence AID operations by providing advice and recommendations. GAO recommends more stringent enforcement of conflict-of-interest regulations for personal service contractors.

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