Counternarcotics assistance : U.S. agencies have allotted billions in Andean countries, but DOD should improve its reporting of results : report to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere (2007- )

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States. Department of Defense.

United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Drug control--Andes Region.

Drug control.

Economic assistance, American--Andes Region.

Economic assistance, American.

Military assistance, American--Andes Region.

Military assistance, American.

Andes Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 45 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Other Title:

U.S. agencies have allotted billions in Andean countries, but DOD should improve its reporting of results

Andean counternarcotics

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2012]

Summary:

Hundreds of metric tons of cocaine flow annually from South America to the United States, threatening the security and well-being of U.S. citizens. South American cocaine production and trafficking is centered in the five countries in the Andean region. State, USAID, DOD, and DEA provide counternarcotics assistance to stem production and trafficking of narcotics in these countries. ONDCP oversees and coordinates this assistance. In this report, GAO (1) describes the U.S. strategic approaches to counter-narcotics assistance in the Andean countries; (2) identifies amounts allotted for such assistance by State, USAID, DOD, and DEA in fiscal years 2006 through 2011; and (3) reviews the agencies' reporting on their performance. GAO reviewed agency and U.S. strategy documents, analyzed available agency data, and interviewed agency officials. The Secretary of Defense should ensure that DOD submits performance summary reports to ONDCP including the Inspector General's attestation that the reported information is reliable to facilitate good management and oversight. DOD concurred with this recommendation.

Notes:

Title from cover screen (viewed on Oct. 26, 2012).

"July 2012."

Johnson, Charles Michael.

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-12-824."

OCLC:

814559017