NOAA Office of Law Enforcement Cooperative Enforcement Program. Joint Enforcement Agreements. Program Manual

摘要

In March 2003, the US Department of Commerce, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a report, No. IPE-15154/March 2003, and made specific recommendations regarding the Office for Law Enforcements (OLE) Cooperative Enforcement Program (CEP), and in particular, the Joint Enforcement Agreements (JEA) that OLE manage. Specifically, the report noted that OLE needs to prepare clear and specific guidance for the JEA program that sets forth program goals, priorities, and requirements; spending guidelines; agreement approval and evaluation criteria; and federal and state agency rules and responsibilities. OLE also needs to increase its verification of state-level reporting and conduct site visits to evaluate program activities. This Program Manual is intended to address those and other OIG recommendations and to provide information and guidance to OLE personnel and OLEs state and territorial partners.