Weapons of Mass Destruction: DOD Reporting on Cooperative Threat Reduction Assistance Has Improved

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 1997-02-27 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-97-84 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-84 P0b002ee180387737 f:ns97084 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-84 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-84 NSIAD-97-84 Federal aid to foreign countries Nuclear proliferation Nuclear weapons Audits International cooperation International relations Logistics Military materiel Belarus Kazakhstan Russia Ukraine DOD Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Letter Report NSIAD Weapons of Mass Destruction: DOD Reporting on Cooperative Threat Reduction Assistance Has Improved Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) annual report on Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) assistance provided to the newly independent states to determine whether it: (1) contained current and complete data on CTR assistance deliveries, including their location and condition; (2) presented the best available sources of information to show what assistance was accounted for and how it was used; (3) provided an overall determination of assistance use; and (4) listed planned audit and examination activities for the coming year.<p/>GAO found that: (1) DOD's recent report is an improvement over its May 1995 report and provides an overview of how DOD accounted for CTR-provided assistance through December 1995; and (2) unlike its predecessor, this report: (a) contains comprehensive listings of equipment deliveries, including the location, dollar value, and delivery dates of the items provided, and comments on the condition of the assistance; (b) integrates a variety of information sources in accounting for CTR assistance; (c) makes a determination on whether the assistance has been appropriately used; and (d) lists future audit and examination activities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-84/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-84.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-84/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-84.pdf GAO/NSIAD-97-84 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-84 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-97-84; Weapons of Mass Destruction: DOD Reporting on Cooperative Threat Reduction Assistance Has Improved; Federal aid to foreign countries Nuclear proliferation Nuclear weapons Audits International cooperation International relations Logistics Military materiel Belarus Kazakhstan Russia Ukraine DOD Cooperative Threat Reduction Program