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What must a security cooperation office end-use monitoring SOP include?
Every office must write standard operating procedures for end-use monitoring in its country and send a copy to . The SOP covers who does routine and enhanced checks, the partner's points of contact, how inventories and storage checks are run and recorded, how losses, disposals and possible violations are reported, and how the cost is captured. Compliance assessment visits check that it exists and is followed.
As part of their responsibilities, and are required to develop standard operating procedures () to implement region and country-specific policies and procedures. They must ensure these are forwarded to ; Table C8.T3 of the describes the minimum standards and content for . Each is responsible for the administration or oversight of the Golden Sentry Program in its assigned country or countries and must follow the policy guidance outlined in the , Chapter 8 as well as any supplemental guidance furnished by the respective . Depending upon the scope of its responsibilities, a may be able to request and receive TDY assistance to conduct inventories and other -related duties.
The must develop that spell out the processes that will be followed to ensure that the requirements for both routine and enhanced , as specified in the appropriate transfer documents, are met. These should include the following provisions:
- responsibilities and procedures for conducting REUM and in the partner country/countries administered by the
- International partner points of contact and procedures for coordinating and conducting -related visits
- Procedures for conducting timely physical security checks of the storage facilities and inventories of -designated defense articles and services under the Golden Sentry Program, including use of the SCIP-EUM database to track inventories, create accurate disposition records of designated items, and maintain records of REUM checks and inspections, and communication/notification procedures for conveying the results of inspections and soliciting corrective actions
- Procedures for maintaining an accurate baseline of -designated items transferred to the international partner(s) as per the Reconciliation Report provided in the SCIP-EUM database, and obtaining international partner reports of losses, firings/expenditures, or final disposal or current disposition of all -designated defense articles
- Procedures for verifying the demilitarization and disposal of -designated items; reporting inventories, losses, theft, unauthorized access, third-party transfers/disposal/damaged/expended defense articles, and possible violations
- Procedures for capturing and submitting to the and actual costs and projected administrative funding requirements to perform functions
The minimum contents
How the SOP is checked
References
SAMM
- SAMM C8.2.4 — Post-Delivery Monitoring.
- SAMM C8.5.6.1 — Security Cooperation Organization Compliance Assessment.
Related
Security Cooperation
Activities undertaken by the DoD to encourage and enable international partners to work with the United States to achieve strategic objectives. It includes all DoD interactions with foreign defense and security establishments, including all DoD-administered security assistance programs, that: build defense and security relationships that promote specific U.S. security interests, including all international armaments cooperation activities and security assistance activities; develop allied and friendly military capabilities for self-defense and multinational operations; and provide U.S. forces with peacetime and contingency access to host nations.
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DSCA — Defense Security Cooperation Agency
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Combatant Command (CCMD)
A unified or specified command with a broad continuing mission under a single commander established and so designated by the President, through the Secretary of Defense and with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Also called CCMD.
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SCO — Security Cooperation Organization
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EUM — End Use Monitoring
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SAMM — Security Assistance Management Manual
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End Use Monitoring (EUM)
Mandated by Section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 2785), activities undertaken by the U.S. Government to ensure that defense articles and defense services transferred to foreign partners under security assistance/cooperation authorities are monitored and used according to the terms and conditions specified in Letters of Offer and Acceptance and other transfer agreements, and as required by the AECA or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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Arms Transfers
The sale, lease, loan, or other transfer of defense articles and defense services such as arms, ammunition, and implements of war, including components thereof, and the training, manufacturing licenses, technical assistance, and technical data related thereto, provided by the USG under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, or the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, or other statutory authority, or directly by commercial firms to foreign countries, foreign private firms, or to international organizations. See also conventional arms transfers.
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State (PM/RSAT) — Department of State Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers
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