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Audit of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program [ [link removed] ] 09/18/2025 08:09 AM EDT

What OIG Audited

The Department of State’s (Department) Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), Office of Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA), has provided counterterrorism training to more than 165,000 law enforcement personnel from more than 150 countries from 1983 through 2024 via the Antiterrorism Assistance Program. The Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) provides funding, policy formulation, and oversight of the program, and ATA is responsible for program administration and implementation. In FY 2024, the Department allocated $159 million to carry out the Antiterrorism Assistance Program. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this audit to determine whether DS’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program achieved its stated goals and objectives in selected partner nations. Specifically, the partner nations selected for this audit were Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Togo.  

What OIG Found 

OIG was unable to determine whether ATA achieved the stated goals and objectives of its Antiterrorism Assistance Program in selected partner nations because ATA did not collect sufficient data for the indicators in the corresponding partner nation’s monitoring plan. For example, collection of certain types of data requires a monitoring visit; however, because no time requirement has been established to conduct a visit, ATA potentially may not perform a monitoring visit for up to 5 years. In addition, ATA did not always submit quarterly program and financial reports to CT in a timely manner, and some program reports did not always document progress related to specific tasks. For example, ATA failed to submit agreed upon quarterly financial reports to CT from the third quarter of FY 2023 through the fourth quarter of FY 2024.   

These deficiencies occurred, in part, because ATA did not develop a sufficient methodology to collect performance related data and its monitoring and reporting guidance was insufficient. In addition, CT could improve various aspects of its program oversight. Furthermore, the Memorandum of Agreement between CT and DS did not include a mechanism to ensure that ATA met its monitoring and reporting obligations. Additionally, monitoring plans included performance indicators for which no data was collected and CT efforts to develop a quarterly financial report template that was sufficient to capture detailed financial information had not been finalized. Until these deficiencies are addressed, CT and DS cannot demonstrate that the Antiterrorism Assistance Program is helping selected partner nations build critical capabilities to defend against terrorism threats as intended.  

OIG also identified Antiterrorism Assistance Program equipment acquired for Senegal that was stored up to 5 years at an ATA warehouse (valued at $285,205). Fourteen percent of this equipment (valued at $38,794) had expired, and OIG considers this a questioned cost. In addition, OIG considers the remaining equipment (valued at $246,411) funds that could be put to better use if management takes appropriate action.  

What OIG Recommends 

OIG made 10 recommendations to address the deficiencies identified in the Antiterrorism Assistance Program. On the basis of the Department’s responses to a draft of this report, OIG considers nine recommendations resolved, pending further action, and one recommendation unresolved. A synopsis of management’s comments to the recommendations offered and OIG’s reply follow each recommendation in the Audit Results section of this report. Responses received from DS and CT are included in their entirety in Appendices C and D. 

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