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 2006-11-15 monographic deposited born digital 63 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-147 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-147 P0b002ee1803a07be f:d07147 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-147 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-147 GAO-07-147 Accountability Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign aid programs Grant administration Grant award procedures Grant monitoring Grants Internal controls International relations Program evaluation Development assistance programs Cuba Other Written Product A63388

U.S. law authorizes aid for nonviolent democratic change in Cuba. From 1996-2005, the Department of State (State) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded grants totaling $74 million to support such change. A presidential commission recently recommended increasing funding for these efforts. This report examines (1) agency roles in implementing this aid and selection of grantees; (2) types of aid, recipients, and methods of delivery reported in 2005; (3) oversight of grantees; and (4) data about the impact of this aid. To address these objectives, we analyzed the activities and internal controls, and USAID's oversight and management of, 10 grantees with about 76 percent (in dollars) of total active awards for Cuba democracy aid. Our review focused on USAID because State's first awards were not made until mid-2005. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-147/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-147.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-147/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-147.pdf GAO-07-147 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-147 Other Written Product GAO-07-147; Foreign Assistance: U.S. Democracy Assistance for Cuba Needs Better Management and Oversight; Accountability Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign aid programs Grant administration Grant award procedures Grant monitoring Grants Internal controls International relations Program evaluation Development assistance programs Cuba Title 22 Section 4411-4416 Title 22 Section 6004 Title 22 Section 6039 22 U.S.C. 4411-4416 22 U.S.C. 6004 22 U.S.C. 6039 Title 31 Section 6301-6308 Title 31 Section 7501-7507 31 U.S.C. 6301-6308 31 U.S.C. 7501-7507 Public Law 98-164 Title 22 Part 226 22 CFR Part 226 Title 22 Part 226.23 22 CFR Part 226.23 Title 22 Part 226.23 22 CFR Part 226.23 Title 4222 Part 226.23 4222 CFR Part 226.23