Inspection of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Submitting OIG:

Department of State OIG

Date Issued:

Monday, January 23, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of State

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

ISP-I-23-08

Component, if applicable:

Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Inspection / Evaluation

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

$220,000,000

Number of Recommendations:

View Document:

Attachment	Size
ISP-I-23-08.pdf	1.9 MB

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
1	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should require comprehensive use of the Department’s Management Controls Checklist to develop the Annual Chief of Mission Management Control Statement of Assurance to effectively identify and mitigate internal control risks to the bureau’s projects, programs, and operations in accordance with Department guidance.
2	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should follow Department guidance with respect to the communication and execution of its ongoing reorganization plans.
3	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should develop an implementation plan for its functional bureau strategy, in accordance with Department standards.
4	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should implement procedures for conducting regularly scheduled and senior leadership-led reviews of its progress in meeting strategic goals and objectives, in accordance with Department guidance.
5	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, in coordination with the Office of Foreign Assistance and the Bureau of Budget and Planning, should identify its major programs in accordance with Department guidance.
6	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, in coordination with the Office of Foreign Assistance and the Bureau of Budget and Planning, should implement monitoring and evaluation plans for its major programs, in accordance with Department standards.
7	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should require that its risk assessment and monitoring plans related to continued programing in Afghanistan reflect changed conditions within the country.
8	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should implement bureau-wide guidance to direct its long-term efforts to improve and coordinate the bureau’s design, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
9	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should evaluate its long-term ongoing programs in accordance with Department standards.
10	Open	No
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should implement mechanisms to centrally track information on domestically managed foreign assistance programs and provide financial and program reports to the bureau’s senior leadership on core program management responsibilities.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should require comprehensive use of the Department’s Management Controls Checklist to develop the Annual Chief of Mission Management Control Statement of Assurance to effectively identify and mitigate internal control risks to the bureau’s projects, programs, and operations in accordance with Department guidance.

Open

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should follow Department guidance with respect to the communication and execution of its ongoing reorganization plans.

Open

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should develop an implementation plan for its functional bureau strategy, in accordance with Department standards.

Open

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs should implement procedures for conducting regularly scheduled and senior leadership-led reviews of its progress in meeting strategic goals and objectives, in accordance with Department guidance.