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

(U) Rec. 1.b: 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.