Department of State's Humanitarian Demining and Conventional Weapons Destruction Programs in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by The HALO Trust and The HALO Trust (USA) Inc.

Abstract

Beginning on September 1, 2015, the Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (State) awarded a series of 11 grants totaling $15.366.756 in support of humanitarian demining and conventional weapons destruction programs. Two of the grants were awarded to The HALO Trust, based 1n the United Kingdom, and the other nine were awarded to its U.S. affiliate. The HALO Trust (USA) Inc_ (HALO). The objectives of the grants were to enhance security, preventing jury, and protect lives by clearing land mines and taking ammunition out of circulation. State made 15 modifications to four of the grants, increasing total funding to $22.294.590 and extending the period of performance from March31. 2019 through Apr1130. 2020.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1137568

Entities

People

  • John Sopko

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Afghanistan
  • Agreements
  • Ammunition
  • Budget Estimates
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Clearances
  • Contracts
  • Department Of State
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Land Mines
  • Law
  • United States
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies