United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-06-19 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-01-694 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-694 P0b002ee1803796d5 f:d01694 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-694 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-694 GAO-01-694 Nuclear proliferation Nuclear weapons Program evaluation Arms control agreements Foreign aid programs Foreign governments International cooperation DOD Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Russia Other Written Product A01200 Since 1992, the Congress has authorized the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide more than $3 billion for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program to help Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, and Georgia secure and eliminate weapons of mass destruction. Congress was concerned about proper oversight of equipment and services provided under the program and required DOD to report annually on whether the assistance provided was being used as intended. This report reviews (1) whether DOD's oversight procedures produce the necessary information to determine if the threat reduction assistance, including equipment provided and services furnished, is being used as intended and (2) whether improvements can be made in the way DOD carries out its oversight responsibilities. GAO found that DOD has procedures in place that provide reasonable assurance that most of the assistance provided--at least 95 percent--is being used as intended and is adequately accounted for, given negotiated access limitations. Because of access restrictions imposed by the Russian government, a limited amount of equipment--less than five percent of the total value of assistance provided--is in locations where access by U.S. personnel is not permitted. GAO's evaluation indicated that DOD can enhance the quality of its program oversight function by better targeting and expanding the scope of its formal audit and examination procedure. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-694/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-694.htm GAO-01-694 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-694 Other Written Product GAO-01-694; Cooperative Threat Reduction: DOD Has Adequate Oversight of Assistance, but Procedural Limitations Remain; Nuclear proliferation Nuclear weapons Program evaluation Arms control agreements Foreign aid programs Foreign governments International cooperation DOD Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Russia Public Law 104-106 Public Law 106-398