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NSIAD-83-35 1 (1983-09-30)

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                       UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


  NATIONAL SECURITY AND
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION

       B-205494                                   SEPTEMBER 30. 1983



       The Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr.
       Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
       House of Representatives
                                                                 122693
       The Honorable Strom Thurmond
       Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
       United States Senate


            Subject: Oversight of State Department's Refugee Reception
                      and Placement Program (GAO/NSIAD-83-35)

            Pursuant to a provision in the Refugee Assistance Amend-
       ments of 1982, we reviewed the Department of State's monitoring
       of voluntary agencies' implementation of the initial reception
       and placement program for resettling refugees in the United
       States. The Department's Bureau for Refugee Programs has, over
       the past year, taken some important steps to strengthen its mon-
       itoring and management of the program. The Bureau requested,
       received, and evaluated voluntary agency program proposals for
       1983; strengthened operating agreements with the agencies; con-
       ducted field monitoring of selected agency offices' activities;
       and prepared internal reports on the agencies' performance. In
       addition, the Department of State's Office of the Inspector
       General conducted six financial audits of the resettlement
       activities of voluntary agencies and has plans for additional
       audits.

           The Bureau's actions appear properly aimed at improving
      voluntary agencies' operations, but are too recent for meaning-
      ful assessment of their impact on services provided to refugees
      and on program management. During our review, however, we
      observed the need for certain additional changes in the Bureau's
      operations which may strengthen its monitoring and managing of
      the program. Bureau officials concurred with our conclusions
      that the monitoring and oversight of voluntary agencies' activ-
      ities can be improved by

           --establishing standards and/or criteria to
             determine the acceptability of agencies'
             proposals for assisting refugees;

                                                                (472025)


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