Inspection of the Office of Global Criminal Justice

What OIG Inspected
OIG inspected the executive direction, human resources, program and policy implementation, and foreign assistance operations of the Office of Global Criminal Justice.

What OIG Recommends
OIG made 4 recommendations to the Office of Global Criminal Justice. In its comments on the draft report, the Department concurred with all 4 recommendations. OIG considers all 4 recommendations resolved. The Office of Global Criminal Justice’s response to each recommendation, and OIG’s reply, can be found in the Recommendations section of this report. The office’s formal written response is reprinted in its entirety in Appendix B.

What OIG Found

• The Office of Global Criminal Justice saw new leadership in January 2021 due to the change in administration. The new Senior Official leading the office began to address insufficient communication and collaboration issues which had contributed to divisions, mistrust, and morale problems in the office.
• Stakeholders from other Federal agencies and Department of State offices praised the subject matter expertise of staff in the Office of Global Criminal Justice, but some questioned its efforts to expand into new issues outside its traditional areas of engagement.
• The office lacked a functional statement to define its roles and responsibilities and to clarify its focus vis-a-vis other Department offices. 
• Office leadership did not develop a strategic plan to align the office’s activities and resources and to guide staff.
• The Office of Global Criminal Justice planned to implement $10 million in FY 2020 foreign assistance funding, but it had not managed previous assistance awards in accordance with the standards