United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-12-15 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-16 P0b002ee18038493e f:ns96016 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-16 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-16 NSIAD-96-16 Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign economic assistance International cooperation Interagency relations International agreements Developing countries International economic relations Economic development Technical assistance Soviet Union DOD Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Freedom Support Act Program Dept. of State FSU Anticrime Assistance Program Letter Report NSIAD

GAO examined U.S. bilateral programs designed to help the former Soviet Union (FSU) implement political and economic reforms, focusing on: (1) the Department of State Coordinator's role in and authority over bilateral FSU programs; and (2) interagency cooperation in implementing Freedom Support Act programs.<p/>GAO found that: (1) the FSU Coordinator's role has been expanded to include oversight of all U.S.-FSU bilateral programs and his authority to review budgets and direct the interagency program development and implementation has been strengthened; (2) the Coordinator has not effectively exercised his authority to oversee the FSU anticrime program, because of disagreements on an integrated approach to anticrime assistance in the FSU; (3) interagency cooperation in implementing Freedom Support Act programs has improved because of variations in the types of transfer agreements; and (4) the Agency for International Development's control over program content, funding, and project implementation has reduced disagreements over how program funds are used and accounted for. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-16/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-16.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-16/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-16.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-16 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-16; Former Soviet Union: An Update on Coordination of U.S. Assistance and Economic Cooperation Programs; Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign economic assistance International cooperation Interagency relations International agreements Developing countries International economic relations Economic development Technical assistance Soviet Union DOD Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Freedom Support Act Program Dept. of State FSU Anticrime Assistance Program Title 22 Section 2392(a) 22 U.S.C. 2392(a) Public Law 102-511 H. Rept. 104-295