Department of Homeland Security |
The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Chief Procurement Official, in consultation with agency trafficking experts, establishes a timeline for and implements a systematic approach to managing trafficking risks in procurements. This approach should include
- identifying and analyzing agency procurement-related trafficking risks for their level of trafficking risk,
- developing responses to address their highest risks, such as obtaining contractor anti-trafficking compliance plans and verifying contractor implementation of requirements, and
- communicating this information to contracting officials.
(Recommendation 1) |
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Department of Defense |
The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation with agency trafficking experts, prioritizes developing and implementing a systematic approach to managing trafficking risks in procurements. This approach should include
- identifying the agency's current trafficking risks and analyzing at-risk procurements for their level of risk,
- developing responses to address those risks, such as obtaining contractor anti-trafficking compliance plans and verifying contractor implementation of requirements, and
- communicating this information to contracting officials.
(Recommendation 2) |
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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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U.S. Agency for International Development |
The Administrator of USAID should ensure that the Senior Procurement Executive, in consultation with agency trafficking experts, develops and implements a systematic approach to managing trafficking risks in procurements. This approach should include
- identifying and analyzing procurements for their level of trafficking risk,
- developing responses to address those risks, such as obtaining contractor anti-trafficking compliance plans and verifying contractor implementation of requirements, and
- communicating this information to contracting officials.
(Recommendation 4) |
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Department of Homeland Security |
The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Chief Procurement Officer ensures components conduct reviews of a subset of contracts to determine whether contracting officials implemented federal anti-trafficking requirements, including incorporating the certification provision in covered solicitations and obtaining contractor anti-trafficking certifications prior to award and annually thereafter. (Recommendation 5) |
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Department of Defense |
The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ensures components conduct reviews of a subset of contracts to determine whether contracting officials have implemented federal anti-trafficking requirements, including incorporating the certification provision in covered solicitations and obtaining contractor anti-trafficking certifications prior to award and annually thereafter. (Recommendation 6) |
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