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 1999-03-12 monographic deposited born digital 37 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-99-65 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-65 P0b002ee180382952 f:ns99065 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-65 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-65 NSIAD-99-65 Reporting requirements International relations Foreign technical aid Foreign economic assistance Foreign governments Russia Romania Other Written Product NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of the Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) foreign aid program, focusing on: (1) the types of technical assistance OTA advisors have provided to Russia and Romania; (2) oversight by OTA of advisors' activities; (3) advisor qualifications, program cost, fund transfers between the Agency for International Development and the Treasury; and (4) the location of the Treasury's senior advisors to its program.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Treasury's technical assistance advisors in Russia and Romania have assisted in efforts to reform tax and budget systems, improve banking and debt management policies, and enhance law enforcement; (2) in support of these initiatives, Treasury advisors have helped countries devise new systems and approaches to management of their finances, drafted legislation and procedures, and developed economic models; (3) host-government officials for the most part indicated that the advice received from the Treasury's advisors was beneficial to their reform efforts; (4) the advisor program has been carried out with little formal structure; (5) the only clear mandatory requirement is the filing of monthly reports, and reports of varying content were generally filed on a regular basis; (6) however, other documents OTA officials say they use in their oversight, such as host-country agreements, work plans, and the results of supervisory trips, were not available; (7) OTA has also been lax in enforcing advisors' financial disclosure requirements; and (8) in response to GAO's observations, OTA told GAO that they use informal means such as electronic mail and telephone calls to carry out their oversight of advisor activities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-65/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-65.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-65/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-65.pdf GAO/NSIAD-99-65 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-65 Other Written Product GAO/NSIAD-99-65; Foreign Assistance: Treasury's Technical Assistance Program; Reporting requirements International relations Foreign technical aid Foreign economic assistance Foreign governments Russia Romania Public Law 87-195 Public Law 101-179 Public Law 102-511 Public Law 105-277