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GAO-13-367R 1 (2013-03-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacgzv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO Accountablty *Integrity * ReliabilitY United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 March 20, 2013 The Honorable Dianne Feinstein Chairman The Honorable Charles Grassley Co-Chairman Caucus on International Narcotics Control United States Senate Subject: Status of Funding, Equipment, and Training for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Because of their geographic location, large coastlines, and small criminal justice systems, Caribbean countries are uniquely vulnerable to drug trafficking and high rates of crime and violence that undermine growth, threaten human welfare, and impede social development. In 2009, to help Caribbean countries respond to these threats, the United States created the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) with the strategic goals of substantially reducing illicit trafficking, advancing public safety and security, and promoting social justice. In fiscal years 2010 through 2012, the Department of State (State) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) collectively allocated about $203 million in assistance for CBSI activities in the Bahamas, the Eastern Caribbean,1 Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dominican Republic. In response to your request for information on CBSI, this correspondence describes the status of CBSI funding in fiscal years 2010 through fiscal year 2012, as well as activities this funding has supported. Specifically, we describe the amounts of funding that U.S. agencies have disbursed for partner countries and describe related training, equipment, and other CBSI activities. CBSI funding has come from five foreign assistance accounts: International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE); Economic Support Fund (ESF); Development Assistance (DA); Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining, and Related Programs (NADR); and Foreign Military Financing (FMF). State manages INCLE, NADR, and FMF and shares responsibility with USAID for managing and administering ESF. USAID manages the DA account. In enclosure I, we provide a breakdown, by year of appropriation, of INCLE, ESF, DA, and NADR funding that State and USAID have allocated to each CBSI partner country. In enclosure II, we identify, by year of appropriation, amounts of FMF funding that State has allocated and committed to CBSI.2 1State groups several Caribbean island nations into one program area referred to as the Eastern Caribbean: Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 2We present allocations and commitments of FMF funds separately, in enclosure II, because these funds are budgeted and tracked differently than the other CBSI accounts. Furthermore, the Department of Defense system GAO-13-367R CBSI

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