{"id":70162,"date":"2022-07-15T18:55:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/15\/national-guards-international-training-program-needs-better-oversight-report-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:06:44","slug":"national-guards-international-training-program-needs-better-oversight-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/07\/15\/national-guards-international-training-program-needs-better-oversight-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard\u2019s international training program needs better oversight, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Guard<\/a> program that pairs up states with partner countries for training needs to improve its record-keeping, according to the recommendations from a Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Partnership Program<\/a> implemented a new tracking database in 2021, according to the report, but partner countries haven\u2019t been thorough in reporting of all of the training events they\u2019ve completed with their National Guard counterparts. During fiscal year 2021, for example, 37 of 780 activities were marked as completed, just 5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s up to the National Guard Bureau to make sure that partners update their records, so that Congress can continue to appropriately fund the program, but GAO found that they haven\u2019t been following up to make sure records are complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the NGB prioritizes ensuring that partner states are recording such information in a timely manner, DoD will be positioned to have reliable information for internal decision-making purposes and for reporting to Congress as the data system continues to evolve,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t