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(U) In December 2021, the White House published the United States Strategy on Countering Corruption,1 which elevated anti-corruption efforts as a key national security and foreign policy priority. Following the release of this strategy, the Secretary of State announced the creation of the Office of the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption (CGAC).2 The purpose of this Management Assistance Report is to communicate the need for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Assistant Secretary and CGAC officials to comply with Department requirements to establish CGAC using Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM)-outlined processes and to codify CGAC in the FAM. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) identified the issues affecting CGAC’s organizational placement, roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines during an ongoing audit involving Department of State (Department) anticorruption programs and activities in Central and Eastern Europe (see Appendix A of this report for additional details).
1(U) White House, United States Strategy on Countering Corruption: Pursuant to the National Security Study Memorandum on Establishing the Fight against Corruption as a Core United States National Security Interest, December 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/United-States-Strategy-on-Countering-Corruption.pdf.
2(U) Secretary of State Press Statement, “Elevating Anti-Corruption Leadership and Promoting Accountability for Corrupt Actors,” December 9, 2021, https://www.state.gov/elevating-anti-corruption-leadership-and-promoting-accountability-forcorrupt-actors/.
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OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the Office of the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption (CGAC), assess CGAC’s organizational placement in accordance with the Government Accountability Office’s Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government.
OIG recommends that the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the Office of the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption (CGAC), in coordination with the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, take steps to establish CGAC in accordance with the December 2021 Secretary of State action memorandum and using appropriate Foreign Affairs Manual processes.
OIG recommends that the Office of the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption (CGAC) develop and submit a Foreign Affairs Manual entry that establishes the office’s organizational structure in accordance with Recommendations 1 and 2 and formally codifies CGAC’s roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines in its efforts to achieve national anti-corruption goals and objectives.