Evaluation of the DoD’s Enhanced End-Use Monitoring of Defense Articles Provided to Ukraine

Submitting OIG:

Department of Defense OIG

Date Issued:

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Defense

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

DODIG-2024-043

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Inspection / Evaluation

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Report updated under NDAA 5274:

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Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0002.1	Open	No
Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended the Military Department implementing agencies establish and implement procedures to provide timely and accurate reporting of records with serial numbers of enhanced end use monitoring items that are being transferred into hostile environments in advance of shipment, in accordance with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency's Security Assistance Management Manual.
D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0002.2	Open	No
Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended the Military Department implementing agencies establish and implement procedures to provide timely and accurate reporting of records with serial numbers of enhanced end use monitoring items that are being transferred into hostile environments in advance of shipment, in accordance with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency's Security Assistance Management Manual.
D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0003	Open	No
Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy coordinate with the Department of State to develop and implement a process to provide the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, as well as the divesting and receiving country's Security Cooperation Offices, with documentation of third party transfer approvals of enhanced end use monitoring defense articles in advance of transfer.
D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0004.1	Open	No
Rec. 4: The DoD OIG recommended the Defense Security Cooperation Agency Director and the Military Department implementing agencies develop and implement a system to update the Security Cooperation Information Portal-End Use Monitoring database with the serial numbers of all enhanced end use monitoring defense articles provided to Ukraine to confirm the accuracy and completeness of the database and the total number of enhanced end use monitoring defense articles provided to Ukraine.
D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0004.2	Open	No
Rec. 4: The DoD OIG recommended the Defense Security Cooperation Agency Director and the Military Department implementing agencies develop and implement a system to update the Security Cooperation Information Portal-End Use Monitoring database with the serial numbers of all enhanced end use monitoring defense articles provided to Ukraine to confirm the accuracy and completeness of the database and the total number of enhanced end use monitoring defense articles provided to Ukraine.
D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0004.3	Open	No
Rec. 4: The DoD OIG recommended the Defense Security Cooperation Agency Director and the Military Department implementing agencies develop and implement a system to update the Security Cooperation Information Portal-End Use Monitoring database with the serial numbers of all enhanced end use monitoring defense articles provided to Ukraine to confirm the accuracy and completeness of the database and the total number of enhanced end use monitoring defense articles provided to Ukraine.
D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0005.a	Open	No
Rec. 5.a: The DoD OIG recommended the Defense Security Cooperation Agency Director develop and implement a system of internal controls to verify that all inventories and serial number notifications provided to the Security Cooperation Information Portal-End Use Monitoring Help Desk are accurately updated in the Security Cooperation Information Portal-End Use Monitoring database within a required timeframe.
D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0005.b	Open	No
Rec. 5.b: The DoD OIG recommended the Defense Security Cooperation Agency Director: Revise the Security Assistance Management Manual to reflect the role that the Security Cooperation Information Portal-End Use Monitoring Help Desk plays in maintaining responsibility for updating the Security Cooperation Information Portal-End Use Monitoring database with barcode scanner data, in accordance with current procedures and authorities.
D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0005.c	Open	No
Rec. 5.c: The DoD OIG recommended the Defense Security Cooperation Agency Director revise the Security Cooperation Information Portal-End Use Monitoring database to verify whether the next inventory accurately populated as annual rather than initial when inventories are conducted before the serial number is provided by the Military Department implementing agencies.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0002.1

Open

Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended the Military Department implementing agencies establish and implement procedures to provide timely and accurate reporting of records with serial numbers of enhanced end use monitoring items that are being transferred into hostile environments in advance of shipment, in accordance with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency's Security Assistance Management Manual.

D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0002.2

Open

D-2024-2043-DEV0PC-0001-0003

Open

Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy coordinate with the Department of State to develop and implement a process to provide the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, as well as the divesting and receiving country's Security Cooperation Offices, with documentation of third party transfer approvals of enhanced end use monitoring defense articles in advance of transfer.