Download or read book Security Assistance Reform written by Nina M. Serafino and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Background; (2) Sect. 1206 in Action: Purpose, Scope, and Timeline of Current Activities; Sect. 1206 Recipients; Conditions on Sect. 1206 Programs; Joint DoD-State Dept. Selection and Approval Process; (3) Funding Provisions and Obligations; (4) FY 2011 Admin. Request; (5) Issues for Congress: Should DoD Retain Sect. 1206 Train and Equip Authority?; Are Sect. 1206 Funds Being Used Appropriately, ad Effectively?; Sustainability; Timeliness; Should Congress Provide the State Dept. and DoD with Overlapping Sect. 1206-type Authorities?; Should Congress Broaden Sect. 1206 Authority to Include T&E for Security Forces?; Should Congress Consider Broader Security Assistance Reform? Charts and tables.

Download or read book Security Assistance Reform written by Nina M. Serafino and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides background on the pre-Section 1206 status of security assistance authorities and the factors contributing to the enactment of Section 1206. It then sets out the purposes of the legislation and scope of its activities, restrictions on its use, the Department of Defense (DOD0-State Department planning process, and funding. It concludes with a discussion of issues for Congress.

Download or read book Security Assistance Reform written by Congressional Research Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2006, as amended and regularly extended, provides the Secretary of Defense with authority to train and equip foreign military forces for two specified purposes-counterterrorism and stability operations-and foreign security forces for counterterrorism operations. Section 1206 authority now extends through FY2017.

Download or read book A Plan to Reform U S Security Assistance written by Max Bergmann and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. security assistance system that provides arms, training, and support to foreign partners is not fit for today’s global challenges; the Biden administration should reform it to ensure it supports overall U.S. goals. Moving resources to the State Department to conduct security assistance would result in more effective aid that is less likely to be wasted or flow to abusive partners. It would also reduce unnecessary bureaucracy from the current system. This would be an important step toward undoing the militarization of U.S. foreign policy and would give an important foreign policy tool back to American diplomats. The new administration should move quickly to consolidate security assistance resources under the State Department, with accompanying reforms to the bureaucracy and work-force that handles these issues. Congress should support this realignment and transfer the necessary authorities and resources from the DOD to the State Department.

Download or read book Securing Tyrants Or Fostering Reform written by Seth G. Jones and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has provided assistance to the security forces of a number of repressive states that do not share its political ideals. This practice raises several questions, the answers to which have significant policy implications: Has U.S. assistance improved the effectiveness of internal security forces in countering security threats? Has it improved the accountability and human rights records of these forces? What is the relationship between improving security and improving accountability and human rights? This study addresses these questions by examining the results of U.S. assistance to four states: El Salvador, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. U.S. assistance to El Salvador improved the accountability and human rights practices of the Salvadoran police but not their effectiveness as violent crime rates soared. In Uzbekistan, programs focused on counterproliferation, export control, and specific investigatory techniques were effective. But autocracy and repression by Uzbek officials, including security forces, have increased in recent years. Assistance to Afghanistan has somewhat improved the accountability and human rights practices of Afghan security forces. The vast majority of serious human rights abuses in the country are now committed by insurgent groups and warlords. In Pakistan, the U.S. government has not paid significant attention to the implications of its security assistance for the improvement of accountability and human rights, in large part because these goals have not been a focus of that assistance. Overall, these analyses suggest that efforts to improve the effectiveness, human rights, and accountability of internal security forces are more likely to be successful when states are transitioning from repressive to democratic systems. In addition, several factors are critical for success: the duration of assistance, viability of the justice system, and support and buy-in from the local government (including key ministries).

Download or read book Oversight and Accountability in U S Security Sector Assistance written by Melissa G. Dalton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the range of security challenges confronting the United States in the 21st century, characterized by competition by both state and nonstate actors, the importance of working with allies and partners to address common challenges is paramount. Deeper examination of the relative effectiveness of U.S. security sector assistance and how it must nest in a broader foreign policy strategy, including good governance, human rights, and rule of law principles, is required. Improving oversight and accountability in U.S. security sector assistance with partners are at the core of ongoing security assistance reform efforts to ensure that U.S. foreign policy objectives are met and in accordance with U.S. interests and values. This report examines key areas in security sector programming and oversight where the U.S. Departments of Defense and State employ accountability mechanisms, with the goal of identifying ways to sharpen and knit together mechanisms for improving accountability and professionalism into a coherent approach for partner countries.

Download or read book Government Information Security Reform Act Implementation written by United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Inspector General and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2006, as amended and regularly extended, provides the Secretary of Defense with authority to train and equip foreign military forces for two specified purposes-counterterrorism and stability operations-and foreign maritime security forces for counterterrorism operations. The Department of Defense (DOD) values this authority as an important tool to train and equip military partners. Funds may be obligated only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. Through 2009, DOD used Section 1206 authority primarily to provide counterterrorism (CT) support. Since FY2010, Section 1206 authority has also been used to provide significant assistance to train and equip foreign military forces for military and stability operations in which U.S. forces participate. Currently, there is a cap of $350 million on Section 1206 obligations per fiscal year. This authority will expire in FY2014, unless extended.

Download or read book Foreign Aid Reform written by Susan B. Epstein and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Jan. 2006, Sec. of State Rice announced the ¿transformational development¿ initiative to bring coordination and coherence to U.S. aid programs. She created a new Bureau, which developed a Strategic Framework for Foreign Assistance to align aid programs with strategic objectives. The Framework became a guiding force in the FY 2008 and FY 2009 budgets, as well as the FY 2010 budget request. Numerous studies have addressed various concerns and provided recommendations regarding U.S. foreign aid policy, funding, and structure. Of the 16 recommendations, only enhancing civilian agency resources has the support of all of the studies covered in this report. This report is a review of selected studies written between 2001 and 2008. Table.

Download or read book Foreign Aid Reform written by Marian Leonardo Lawson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Introduction; (2) Recent Trends in Foreign Assistance; (3) U.S. Aid-Related Activities, by Agency: USAID; State; DoD; HHS; USDA; Treasury; Millennium Challenge Corp.; Peace Corps; Others; (4) Existing Coordination Mechanisms; (5) Aid Coordination in Other Countries; (6) Selected Coordination Options: Enhance Coordination as Part of a National Foreign Assistance Strategy; Empower One Entity to Coordinate All U.S. Foreign Aid; Build on White House/NSC Structures with Department/Agency Rep.; Separate Strategic Assistance from Development Assistance; Enhance Coordination and Authority at the Country Level; Require Whole of Gov¿t. Reporting; Require IG Reports on All Aid Activities; (7) Legislative Activity. Illustrations.

Download or read book The DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Securing Tyrants Or Fostering Reform written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines U.S. government assistance to the police and internal security agencies of repressive and transitioning states. Throughout its history, the United States has provided assistance to a number of countries that have not shared its political ideals. Their security forces were not accountable to the public, and their practices and approaches were not transparent. The decision to provide assistance to repressive and autocratic states (and states that are, to varying extents, seeking to transition away from repression) raises a number of questions, the answers to which have significant policy implications. Can U.S. assistance improve the effectiveness of internal security agencies in countering security threats? Has U.S. assistance improved the accountability and human rights records of these agencies? What is the relationship between improving security and improving accountability and human rights?

Download or read book Securing the Future written by Sean McFate and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform Supporting Security and Justice written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02-25 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform: Supporting Security and Justice contains valuable tools to help encourage a dialogue on security and justice issues and to support a security system reform (SSR) process through the assessment, design and implementation phases.

Download or read book U S Security Assistance to Developing Countries written by Leanne Skooglund Hofford and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Information System Security Government Information Security Reform Act Implementation Defense Security Assistance Management System written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To gather data on assessments of the effectiveness of DoD information assurance policies, procedures, and practices, DoD developed a GISR Act collection matrix for automated information systems. DoD selected a sample of 560 automated information systems from the almost 4,000 automated information systems in DoD. For those 560 systems, DoD reported the aggregate results of the assessments for FY 2001 in "GISR Report FY01: Government Information Security Reform Act, Report of the Department of Defense," October 2001. Of the 560 systems, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Information Systems Agency Inspector General, and Military Department audit agencies assessed a sample of 115 systems. This report is one in a series of GISR Act audits and is an assessment of the Defense Security Assistance Management System. The Defense Security Assistance Management System is a mission-essential system developed to produce and track security assistance-related contractual documents (sales agreements between governments).

Download or read book U S Security Assistance to the Palestinian Authority PA written by Jim Zanotti and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Background and Overview: Oslo-Era Security Assistance; Backslides and Delays in Reform: 2000-2007; USSC/INL Mission: 2007-2010; Future Prospects; (3) PA Security Org.; (4) How U.S. Efforts are Coordinated: U.S. Training Assistance to PA Forces: Forces Being Trained; Trainee Recruitment and Vetting; Substance of Training; U.S. Equipment and Facilities Assistance; (5) Deployment of U.S.-Sponsored, JIPTC-Trained PA Forces: Jenin, Hebron, Qalqilya, and Other Key Areas; During the Gaza Conflict; Assessing the Impact of U.S. Assistance; (6) Criminal Justice Sector Reform: The ¿Jenin Pilot Program¿ and Other U.S. and Internat. Efforts; (7) The Road Ahead: Challenges and Obstacles; (8) Options for Congress