SIGAR Letter to the Department of State, USAID and Department of Defense Requesting Top Most Successful and Least Successful Projects
Abstract
As you know, my office is charged by Congress with the responsibility for leading, coordinating, and recommending policies to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of programs and operations for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The audits, inspections, and investigations that SIGAR conducts form the basis for our execution of this responsibility. In a recent conversation with the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, I mentioned that we would be looking at the most and least successful reconstruction projects, as identified by U.S. agencies. I believe that this will be a valuable exercise. It is important to understand how U.S. agencies evaluate and perceive both their successes and failures. Such an understanding is critical for formulating lessons learned from our unprecedented reconstruction effort. Therefore, I formally request that you provide: a list of the ten Afghanistan reconstruction projects/programs funded and deemed most successful by the Department of State; a list of the ten Afghanistan reconstruction projects/programs funded and deemed least successful by the Department of State; and a detailed explanation of how these projects/programs were evaluated and selected as the ten most and least successful projects, including the specific criteria used for each.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 09, 2013
- Accession Number
- AD1140390
Entities
People
- John Sopko
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction