FY 2006 Annual Report on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
Under section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
(Pub. L. 106-398), the Department of Defense (DOD) is to submit an annual report to
Congress on its Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program no later than the first
Monday in February of each year. The report should include a 5-year plan that
discusses the amount and purpose of funding needed over the term of the plan and a
description of efforts conducted by the United States to ensure that CTR assistance is
fully accounted for and used for its intended purposes. The act requires the
Comptroller General to assess this 5-year plan and the description of efforts to
account for CTR assistance within 90 days of the report’s submission to Congress.
The Department submitted its CTR annual report for fiscal year 2006 to Congress on
February 23, 2005, and we provided our findings to your staff on May 23, 2005.1
We analyzed the 2006 report to determine whether (1) the 5-year plan addresses
legislative requirements and presents accurate information, and (2) the accountability
section addresses legislative requirements and presents accurate information.
Enclosed is information provided to your staff presenting our assessment of the CTR
annual report submitted for fiscal year 2006 (see enclosure).
We found that the 5-year plan addressed the legislative requirements by setting forth
funding information for the term of the plan and stating the purpose of those funds.
We also confirmed with project managers that, for the eight projects we reviewed in
detail, the information provided in the report was generally accurate. In addition, we
examined the source documents that supported the data in the published report and
found that the published data were generally well supported.
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This document is classified within these themes:
Government Accountability Office
Cooperative Threat Reduction
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