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 2003-05-05 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-722 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-722 P0b002ee180377fd9 f:d03722 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-722 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-722 GAO-03-722 Congressional/executive relations International organizations Reporting requirements Bulgaria Estonia Latvia Romania Slovakia Slovenia Lithuania Other Written Product A06809 On November 21, 2002, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) invited seven countries to join the alliance. To facilitate congressional consideration of NATO enlargement, the U.S. Senate mandated in 1998 that GAO review and assess the reports the Senate directed the President to provide on countries invited to join NATO. The President submitted the required reports to Congress on March 25, 2003. To fulfill its mandate, GAO determined if (1) the reports met the Senate's requirements and the information was accurate and current, (2) the methodology for assessing the likely impact on NATO's military effectiveness was reasonable, and (3) the methodology for analyzing the ability of the invited countries to fulfill the full range of financial burdens of NATO membership was reasonable. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-722/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-722.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-722/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-722.pdf GAO-03-722 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-722 Other Written Product GAO-03-722; NATO Enlargement: Reports Are Responsive to Senate Requirements, but Analysis of Financial Burdens Is Incomplete; Congressional/executive relations International organizations Reporting requirements Bulgaria Estonia Latvia Romania Slovakia Slovenia Lithuania