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Ukraine: U.S. Agencies Should Improve Tracking of Authorized U.S.-Origin Defense Article Transfers Requested by Foreign Donors

GAO-24-106745
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Department of State The Secretary of State should require the Bureau of Political Military Affairs to request that divesting countries notify appropriate officials within U.S. Embassies' Offices of Defense Cooperation of donation deliveries to Ukraine when those donations were a condition of FMF assistance to the divesting country. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should instruct RSAT to further strengthen its document management system for authorizations of TPTs, and implement processes outlined in its standard operating procedures to improve its ability to share information with other U.S. agencies. (Recommendation 3)
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Ukraine: U.S. Agencies Should Improve Tracking of Authorized U.S.-Origin Defense Article Transfers Requested by Foreign Donors

GAO-24-106745
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Department of State The Secretary of State should take steps to ensure that RSAT's TPT authorizations include a request for divesting countries to notify DSCA and Security Cooperation Offices of related defense article deliveries. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that RSAT take steps to consistently share TPT authorizations with Security Cooperation Offices for divesting and recipient countries. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should require RSAT to request that divesting governments that have received TPT authorizations from January 2022 to July 2024 notify DSCA and Security Cooperation Offices of related defense article deliveries to Ukraine. (Recommendation 5)
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Ukraine: State and USAID Should Improve Processes for Ensuring Partners Can Perform Required Work

GAO-24-106751
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Bureau of Administration, Office of the Procurement Executive establish a requirement in the Federal Assistance Directive for State award officials to periodically monitor the implementation of non-governmental organization implementing partners' procedures for screening sub-partners for past performance when selecting them for sub-awards. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Bureau of Administration, Office of the Procurement Executive establish a requirement in the Federal Assistance Directive for State award officials to conduct a verification search in the System for Award Management and screen international organizations for past performance and exclusions when selecting them for Circular-175 letters of agreement. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Bureau of Administration, Office of the Procurement Executive require award officials to include in the award file detailed documentation of the sources and assessments of past performance information that inform officials' decisions prior to approving implementing partners for awards. (Recommendation 2)
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Ukraine: State and USAID Should Improve Processes for Ensuring Partners Can Perform Required Work

GAO-24-106751
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Bureau of Administration, Office of the Procurement Executive establish a requirement in the Federal Assistance Directive for State award officials to periodically monitor the implementation of international organization implementing partners' procedures for screening sub-partners for past performance when selecting them for sub-awards. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Human Trafficking: Agencies Need to Adopt a Systematic Approach to Manage Risks in Contracts

GAO-24-106973
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Procurement Executive, in consultation with agency trafficking experts, identifies a time frame to reevaluate whether the agency's responses to contracting-related trafficking risks are working and if the agency needs to do a broader risk assessment. (Recommendation 3)
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