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Excess Defense Articles: DOD Needs to Better Assess the Program
GAO-26-107627
Dec 16, 2025
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of DSCA takes steps to improve information recorded in SCIP-EUM on EDA items, such as by systematically identifying EDA in the database, recording disposition information in routine EUM observation forms, and noting changes in end use in routine EUM item lists. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of DSCA, in consultation with the Department of State, develop and implement a process to manage the EDA program's performance that includes establishing performance goals, routinely and systematically collecting performance information, and using that information to regularly assess results. (Recommendation 2)
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Ukraine: State Should Take Additional Actions to Improve Planning for Any Future Recovery Assistance
GAO-25-107043
Nov 19, 2025
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2 Open Recommendations
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Department of State The Secretary of State should, after completion of the foreign assistance review, ensure that the Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance for Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) finalizes strategy-level indicators to allow for assessment of progress in achieving the strategic goals identified in any revised Ukraine Assistance Strategy. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should, for any ongoing and future recovery assistance to Ukraine, ensure that EUR/ACE determines the estimated costs to achieve each of State's strategic goals outlined in any revised Ukraine Assistance Strategy, basing them on different scenarios that account for changing conditions in the war and other donors' contributions. (Recommendation 2)
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U.S. Arms Transfers: State Department Should Improve Investigations and Reporting of Foreign Partners’ End-Use Violations
GAO-25-107622
Sep 16, 2025
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6 Open Recommendations
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Director of PM/RSAT, in consultation with DOD, provides guidance to officials at DSCA and relevant embassies defining the types of incidents that qualify as potential violations of arms transfer agreements and establishing timelines for informing PM/RSAT about potential violations. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Director of PM/RSAT, in consultation with DOD, develops guidance establishing required actions and timeframes for investigating potential violations of arms transfer agreements. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Director of PM/RSAT updates the Foreign Affairs Manual to ensure that responsibility for investigating potential violations of arms transfer agreements is assigned as appropriate and documented in policy. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Director of PM/RSAT documents the status and findings of its investigations related to potential violations of arms transfer agreements. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Director of PM/RSAT consistently communicates to DSCA, SCOs, and other agency stakeholders the status and findings of its investigations, including determinations of whether reported incidents constituted violations of arms transfer agreements. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Director of PM/RSAT develops guidance establishing procedures for determining whether, in accordance with AECA sections 3(c) and 3(e), State should report an incident to Congress and for documenting these determinations. (Recommendation 6)
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Russia Sanctions and Export Controls: U.S. Agencies Should Establish Targets to Better Assess Effectiveness
GAO-25-107079
Sep 08, 2025
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7 Open Recommendations
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Department of State The Secretary of State should define objectives that are linked to measurable outcomes with targets for the department's efforts related to sanctions and export controls on Russia. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should define objectives that are linked to measurable outcomes with targets for the department's efforts related to sanctions on Russia. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should define objectives that are linked to measurable outcomes with targets for the department's efforts related to export controls on Russia. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should assess the department's progress toward achieving the measurable outcomes it establishes for its efforts related to sanctions and export controls on Russia. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should assess the department's progress toward achieving the measurable outcomes it establishes for its efforts related to sanctions on Russia. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should assess the department's progress toward achieving the measurable outcomes it establishes for its efforts related to export controls on Russia. (Recommendation 6)
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