A contract award made to an organization to promote the rule of law
in Afghanistan does not appear to contain basic provisions that would
allow the State Department to ensure proper oversight of a project
expected to cost U.S. taxpayers $50 million, federal inspectors said
Thursday.
In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said there were "serious deficiencies" in the government's award to the International Development Law Organization, which is based in Rome, for the Afghanistan Justice Training Transition Program.
Special Inspector General John Sopko told Kerry that the award does not contain enough oversight requirements -- a possible indication that the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is scaling back oversight of a program central to U.S. efforts to promote the rule of law in Afghanistan.
The State Department said that while the program is new, there are oversight procedures in place to track its implementation.
In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said there were "serious deficiencies" in the government's award to the International Development Law Organization, which is based in Rome, for the Afghanistan Justice Training Transition Program.
Special Inspector General John Sopko told Kerry that the award does not contain enough oversight requirements -- a possible indication that the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is scaling back oversight of a program central to U.S. efforts to promote the rule of law in Afghanistan.
The State Department said that while the program is new, there are oversight procedures in place to track its implementation.
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