Audit of End-Use Monitoring of Defense Articles Transferred to U.S. Southern Command Partner Nations

(U) Rec. 1.a: This recommendation is Controlled Unclassified Information

(U) Rec. 1.c: This recommendation is Controlled Unclassified Information

(U) Rec. 2.a: This recommendation is Controlled Unclassified Information

(U) Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency update the current "Policy Guidance and Procedures Golden Sentry Enhanced End-Use Monitoring (EEUM) Checklists" to add requirements for Security Cooperation Organization personnel to have a printed or digital copy of the "Policy Guidance and Procedures Golden Sentry Enhanced End-Use Monitoring (EEUM) Checklists" available for reference during physical security inspections.

(U) Rec. 2.e: This recommendation is Controlled Unclassified Information

(U) Rec. 3.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency update the Security Assistance Management Manual, chapter 8, "End-Use Monitoring," to include additional requirements for the combatant command quarterly reviews of the Security Cooperation Information Portal End-Use Monitoring database. These additional requirements should direct the Combatant Command Golden Sentry primary point of contact to verify and ensure: (U) Security Cooperation Organization personnel completed the routine End-Use Monitoring check reports and uploaded enhanced End-Use Monitoring physical security checklists in the Security Cooperation Information Portal End-Use Monitoring database; (U) Security Cooperation Organization personnel properly address End-Use Monitoring deficiencies identified from the physical security inspections; (U) quarterly reviews are documented, including delinquent routine End-Use Monitoring checks, delinquent enhanced End-Use Monitoring annual inventories, and other identified End-Use Monitoring deficiencies; and (U) combatant command quarterly reviews records are maintained to ensure a sufficient audit trail exists to support the oversight provided.

(U) Rec. 5.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the U.S. Southern Command update the U.S. Southern Command End-Use Monitoring Program Standard Operating Procedure memorandum to include: alternate procedures for Security Cooperation Organization personnel on how to execute required annual enhanced End-Use Monitoring inventories, physical security inspections, and quarterly routine End-Use Monitoring checks based on in-country or regional limitations due to pandemics, natural disasters, and extended travel restrictions, based on Recommendation 3.a; and guidance outlining specific procedures for how the U.S. Southern Command Golden Sentry primary point of contact will conduct, document, and maintain records of the quarterly Security Cooperation Information Portal End-Use Monitoring database reviews in the U.S. Southern Command Area of Responsibility, based on Recommendation 3.b.

(U) Rec. 5.c: This recommendation is Controlled Unclassified Information

(U) Rec. 6.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs Office, in coordination with the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency upload these site certifications to the site certification repository within the Security Cooperation Information Portal End-Use Monitoring database.