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Audit of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Law Enforcement Reform Program in Pakistan

AUD-MERO-15-04
    Report Contents
    Unclassified
    Recommendation Number
    1
    Closed Implemented

    OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs obtain the cooperation of the Government of Pakistan to establish annual evaluations of the Pakistan Law Enforcement Reform Program and use those evaluations as a basis for future amendments to the Letter of Agreement, adjusting those objectives in a continuous process.

    Recommendation Number
    2
    Closed Implemented

    OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs develop inventories of equipment that police officers and police organizations require to provide the mobility, survivability, and communications capacities needed for effective law enforcement operations.

    Recommendation Number
    3
    Closed New Report

    OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs review the Pakistan Law Enforcement Reform Program’s unfulfilled training, infrastructure and equipment performance measures; determine whether the measures can be met; and if so, establish new target dates for their completion.

    Recommendation Number
    4
    Closed Implemented Significant

    OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) amend the INL Financial Management Handbook to require a detailed justification for extending subobligation terminal dates.

    Recommendation Number
    5
    Closed Implemented Significant

    OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs negotiate future amendments to the Letter of Agreement that stipulate that the U.S. Government may reprogram funds if the funds are not subobligated before the subobligation terminal date.

    Recommendation Number
    6
    Closed Implemented $86,222,833 Significant

    OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs determine how much of the $86.2 million in prior year Pakistan Law Enforcement Reform Program obligations can be reprogrammed.

    Recommendation Number
    7
    Closed Implemented $8,228,366 Significant

    OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs establish and implement additional procedures to review open subobligations and deobligate any subobligations that cannot be demonstrated to be still valid.

    Recommendation Number
    8
    Closed Implemented $208,358 Significant

    OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs establish and implement procedures to monitor more effectively reimbursable advances quarterly and not provide any further advances on projects with outstanding advances until those advances have been reconciled.