Military Aid. Stronger Oversight Can Improve Accountability,
Abstract
This report discusses how the United States exercises its oversight responsibilities for U.S. military aid and suggests actions to improve accountability. The United States provides billions of dollars of military aid annually to foreign countries. It was requested that GAO review the management controls over the aid to (1) identify how the United States exercised oversight and (2) determine if more emphasis on accountability was needed. The Defense Department is not closely monitoring recipient countries' use of U.S. funded defense items, and it does not have reasonable assurance that countries are complying with legislatively required commitments regarding item use. GAO recommends that the Secretary of Defense direct the Director ot the Defense Security Assistance Agency to develop accountability standards and to revise the Security Assistance Management Manual to clarify what monitoring is required to provide reasonable assurance that recipient countries are meeting conditions set forth in the legislation. These standards should apply to military items provided through both pre- and post-1982 military aid programs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA292497
Entities
People
- James Jones
- John Brummet
- Joseph C. Brown
- Patricia A. Schiffhauer
- Peter Konjevich
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office