Cooperative Threat Reduction: Review of DOD's June 1997 Report on Assistance Provided
NSIAD-97-218
Published: Sep 05, 1997. Publicly Released: Sep 05, 1997.
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Highlights
Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) June 1997 report on Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) assistance provided to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine, focusing on whether it: (1) contained current and complete data on CTR assistance deliveries, including the current location and condition of the assistance provided; (2) described how CTR-provided assistance was accounted for and used; (3) included an overall determination of whether the assistance has been used for its intended purposes; and (4) provided a listing of future audit and examination activities.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | To better inform Congress about how CTR-funded assistance has been used, the Secretary of Defense, in preparing future reports on such assistance, should provide more complete data on CTR-funded projects managed by the Departments of State and Energy, including the values and types of assistance, a detailed description of how the assistance was accounted for, and information on future audit activities for the CTR assistance they provide to the recipient countries. |
Closed – Implemented
On June 3, 1999, the Department of Defense issued "Report on Accounting for United States Assistance under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Calendar Year 1997," which partially responds to the recommendation that GAO made in its report. The DOD report does include a greater amount of information on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funded projects managed by the Departments of State and Energy. However, the report does not include information on the value of the assistance funded by the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. The report also does not provide a complete list of this assistance, or detail its location and condition, as called for in the legislation that mandates this DOD report and GAO's recommendation. Therefore, while DOD has reported on some of the points called for in GAO's recommendation, it has not reported on all of them.
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