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GAO-09-52R 1 (2008-11-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanla0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GA 0 LV.W3L11 1= Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 November 21, 2008 The Honorable Howard L. Berman Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives The Honorable Robert Menendez Chairman Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate The Honorable Daniel K. Akaka Chairman Subcommittee on Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs United States Senate Subject: Foreign Assistance: State Department Foreign Aid Information Systems Have Improved Change Management Practices but Do Not Follow Risk Management Best Practices In January 2006, the Secretary of State announced major changes in the U.S. government's process for directing and managing foreign assistance programs in a reorganization and revision of operational procedures commonly known as the F Process. These changes were intended to ensure the effective use of U.S. foreign assistance to meet broad U.S. foreign policy objectives and more fully align programs carried out by the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). To administer the F Process, the Secretary created the new Office of the Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance (State/F) with a Director of Foreign Assistance (DFA), who carries the rank of Deputy Secretary of State and also serves concurrently as USAID Administrator. To support State and USAID planning, budgeting, and reporting of foreign assistance under these reforms, State/F developed two new data information systems, the Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System (FACTS) and FACTS Info.' 'Neither FACTS nor FACTS Info is intended to serve as an accounting or financial tracking system. Both State and USAID have separate systems for these purposes. GAO-09-52R Foreign Assistance

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