Foreign assistance: U.S. Food Aid Program to Russia had weak internal controls: report to the ranking minority member

Original publisher: Washington, D.C. : The Office, [2000]. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)45810007 Subject: Agricultural assistance, American -- Russia (Federation). Excerpt: ... B-286196 13 equivalent to or near their planned allotment. Corn represented about 28 percent of the food aid tonnage. We found also that numerous instances of regions receiving commodities even though they were not listed as intended recipients in the commodity's distribution plans. We did not analyze the difference between planned and actual deliveries of beef because a revised distribution plan for this commodity did not exist. We recently reported on seeds deliveries under the food aid program to Russia and our separate review also showed that seed distribution in Russia did not follow the original distribution plans and 14 the reasons for changes were not fully documented. 13 Distribution data for corn was not available at the time of our review for an estimated 426,000 metric tons of corn shipped to Russia in April-May 2000, comprising 45 percent of the total shipments for this commodity. 14 See Foreign Assistance: Donation of U.S. Planting Seed to Russia in 1999 Had Weaknesses ( GAO / NSIAD-00-91, Mar. 9, 2000 ). Page 13 GAO / NSIAD / AIMD-00-329 Foreign Assistance