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New GAO Reports: Bureau of the Public Debt, Billions of Dollars to Train and Equip Foreign Police Forces

  • Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Systems Controls, GAO-11-528R, April 27, 2011
  • Multiple U.S. Agencies Provided Billions of Dollars to Train and Equip Foreign Police Forces, GAO-11-402R, April 27, 2011: “During fiscal year 2009, seven federal agencies and 24 components within them funded or implemented police-assistance activities to support their counternarcotics, counterterrorism, and anticrime missions. Five of these agencies provided an estimated $3.5 billion for police assistance to 107 countries in fiscal year 2009. This amount compares to about $180 million in inflation adjusted dollars provided for these efforts in 1990, when we last compiled a similar inventory.”

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