State Department Needs to Resolve Data Reliability Problems that Led to Inaccurate Reporting to Congress on Foreign Arms Sales

Abstract

State officials attributed States inaccurate reporting on the licensing of Stinger missiles for commercial sale to errors in the license data entry process. In addition, States multi-office review of the draft Section 655 reports failed to discover the inaccurate reporting. Furthermore, we found data reliability problems that raise additional questions about the accuracy and reliability of data in States Section 655 reports to Congress. Although States report is intended to ensure that Congress and the public are informed about foreign arms sales by U.S. industry, deficiencies in States processes for preparing its Section 655 report inhibit the ability of Congress to obtain accurate information needed to provide effective oversight of these weapons sales programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 28, 2005
Accession Number
AD1179437

Entities

People

  • Addison Ricks
  • David Maurer
  • Ernie Jackson
  • Jonathan Ban
  • Joseph A. Christoff
  • Lynn Cothern
  • Martin de Alteriis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Human Systems

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  • Accountability
  • Air Defense
  • Arms Control
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Congress
  • Databases
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Electronic Mail
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Launch Tubes
  • National Governments
  • Political Systems
  • Reliability
  • Spare Parts
  • Surface To Air Missiles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Government
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