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International Trade: Agencies Should Improve Oversight of Reciprocal Defense Procurement Agreements
GAO-25-106936
Dec 20, 2024
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy develops and implements written policies and procedures for initiating and renewing RDP Agreements, to include seeking defense industry feedback, and coordinating with the Department of Commerce.
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy coordinates with the Secretary of Commerce to develop and implement policies, procedures, and guidance on how to assess and monitor the effects of RDP Agreements, including those already in place with automatic extensions, on U.S. defense technology and the U.S. industrial base.
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that the Bureau of Industry and Security, in consultation with other appropriate offices within Commerce, updates guidance to address weaknesses in its methodology assessing the potential effects of RDP Agreements on U.S. industry so that it is based on sound economic reasoning and rigorous methodology and leverages the expertise of other appropriate offices within Commerce.
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Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget should direct the Director of the Made in America Office to develop a written plan or guidance on how it will review RDP Agreements.
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Caribbean Firearms: Agencies Have Anti-Trafficking Efforts in Place, But State Could Better Assess Activities
GAO-25-107007
Nov 14, 2024
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement updates the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative's Results Framework to establish firearms trafficking specific indicators. (Recommendation 1)
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Ukraine: DOD Could Strengthen International Military Training Coordination by Improving Data Quality
GAO-24-107776
Sep 26, 2024
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Commander of EUCOM establishes clear written guidance defining the terms and variables for all data entered into the SAG-U training system of record for tracking the provision of international military training to Ukraine. (Recommendation 1)
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Ukraine: U.S. Agencies Should Improve Tracking of Authorized U.S.-Origin Defense Article Transfers Requested by Foreign Donors
GAO-24-106745
Aug 20, 2024
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Department of State The Secretary of State should require the Bureau of Political Military Affairs to request that divesting countries notify appropriate officials within U.S. Embassies' Offices of Defense Cooperation of donation deliveries to Ukraine when those donations were a condition of FMF assistance to the divesting country. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that RSAT take steps to consistently share TPT authorizations with Security Cooperation Offices for divesting and recipient countries. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should instruct RSAT to further strengthen its document management system for authorizations of TPTs, and implement processes outlined in its standard operating procedures to improve its ability to share information with other U.S. agencies. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should take steps to ensure that RSAT's TPT authorizations include a request for divesting countries to notify DSCA and Security Cooperation Offices of related defense article deliveries. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should require RSAT to request that divesting governments that have received TPT authorizations from January 2022 to July 2024 notify DSCA and Security Cooperation Offices of related defense article deliveries to Ukraine. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should establish a formal process to verify deliveries of defense articles provided through authorized TPTs and ensure SCIP is updated as appropriate. (Recommendation 6)
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