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Ukraine Assistance: Actions Needed to Properly Value Defense Articles Provided Under Presidential Drawdown Authority
GAO-24-106934
Jul 22, 2024
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8 Open Recommendations
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Congress Congress should consider clarifying the definition of "value" as it relates to defense articles provided under PDA, as described in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to help ensure appropriate application of statutory aggregate value caps. (Matter for Congressional Consideration 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (1) identifies PDA-specific method(s) to value defense articles and (2) updates existing guidance to include a PDA-specific section on valuation. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretary of the Army develops and documents policies and procedures for the Army to (1) calculate values for defense articles provided under PDA that comply with DOD guidance and (2) maintain supporting documentation for the valuation methods used and the values calculated. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretary of the Navy develops and documents policies and procedures for the Navy to (1) calculate values for defense articles provided under PDA that comply with DOD guidance and (2) maintain supporting documentation for the valuation methods used and the values calculated. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretary of the Air Force develops and documents policies and procedures for the Air Force to (1) calculate values for defense articles provided under PDA that comply with DOD guidance and (2) maintain supporting documentation for the valuation methods used and the values calculated. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretary of the Navy together with the Commandant of the Marine Corps develop and document policies and procedures for the Marine Corps to (1) calculate values for defense articles provided under PDA that comply with DOD guidance and (2) maintain supporting documentation for the valuation methods used and the values calculated. (Recommendation 5)
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United Nations: State Department Should Better Assess Its Efforts to Increase Employment of Americans at UN Agencies
GAO-24-106127
May 16, 2024
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4 Open Recommendations
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs assesses the actions contained in the "Strategy for Encouraging U.S. Citizens to Pursue Careers with International Organizations" to determine the extent to which they will contribute to the goal of encouraging U.S. employment in the UN system. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs identifies any actions, in addition to those in its "Strategy for Encouraging U.S. Citizens to Pursue Careers with International Organizations," to mitigate long-standing challenges to U.S. employment at UN organizations and takes steps to implement them. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs creates performance indicators for measuring progress of all actions contained in the "Strategy for Encouraging U.S. Citizens to Pursue Careers with International Organizations." (Recommendation 3)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs develops targets for all performance indicators related to actions contained in the "Strategy for Encouraging U.S. Citizens to Pursue Careers with International Organizations." (Recommendation 4)
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Foreign Assistance: USAID Should Strengthen Risk Management in Conflict Zones
GAO-24-106192
Apr 30, 2024
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that BHA conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its responses in Nigeria, Somalia, and Ukraine and develops response-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 1)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that CPS conducts a comprehensive assessment of fraud risks relevant to its program in Ukraine and develops a program-specific fraud risk profile based on that assessment. (Recommendation 2)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Nigeria mission conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its programs and develops program-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 3)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Somalia mission conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its programs and develops program-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 4)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Ukraine mission conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its programs and develops program-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 5)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Somalia mission develops a risk-based process for conducting financial reviews. (Recommendation 6)
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Foreign Investment in the U.S.: Efforts to Mitigate National Security Risks Can Be Strengthened
GAO-24-107358
Apr 18, 2024
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5 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as CFIUS's chair, should work with member agencies to document a committee-wide process for considering and making timely decisions on enforcement actions related to mitigation agreements. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as CFIUS's chair, should work with member agencies to document a committee-wide process for periodically assessing the relevance of mitigation agreements and amending, phasing out, or terminating them when appropriate. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should document Treasury's objectives for increasing its staff for monitoring and enforcing compliance with CFIUS mitigation agreements. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should, once the targeted staffing increase is completed, analyze its CFIUS monitoring and enforcement staffing in accordance with federal workforce planning guidance, to determine the extent to which the targeted increase enables Treasury to achieve its documented objectives. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as CFIUS's chair, should work with member agencies to establish a committee-wide process to regularly discuss and coordinate the staffing levels needed to address the projected increase in workload associated with monitoring and enforcing CFIUS mitigation agreements. (Recommendation 5)
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