Department of Defense: Weaknesses in Humanitarian and Civic Assistance Programs

Abstract

Overall, DODs Humanitarian and Civic Assistance Program is widespread. At least 117 countries have received excess nonlethal equipment and supplies under this program. In addition, in fiscal year 1993, National Guard units from 29 states traveled to Latin American countries to work on civic assistance projects. The full extent and costs of the program are unknown, however, because DOD conducts some projects without State Departments approval and does not report all the costs of the program. For example, DOD does not report (1) personnel and transportation costs associated with unit deployments for civic assistance projects, (2) the value of excess property donated, or (3) the costs of some projects. At the project level, coordination between the U.S. military and the U.S. embassies and AID missions in Panama and Honduras was minimal. We found that some DOD projects were not designed to contribute to foreign policy objectives, did not appear to enhance U.S. military training, and either lacked the support of the country or were not used.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 19, 1994
Accession Number
AD1154372

Entities

People

  • Joseph E. Kelley

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Honduras
  • House Of Representatives
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Law
  • Materials
  • Military Training
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Training
  • United States Pacific Command
  • United States Southern Command

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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