Supplement to SIGAR's April 2018 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress

I hereby submit to Congress and the Secretaries of State and Defense this supplement to SIGAR's 39th quarterly report on the status of the U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghanistan. On May 10, 2018, United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) informed SIGAR that they had provided SIGAR with incorrect personnel strength figures for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) for use in SIGAR's quarterly report published on April 30, 2018. The revised figures provided by USFOR-A are published in this supplement. USFOR-A said that they initially provided incorrect personnel strength figures largely because they neglected to account for the transfer of most of the Afghan Border Force from the Afghan National Police to the Afghan National Army. This is the latest in a series of problems SIGAR has faced over the last three quarters with DOD's responses to our requests for ANDSF information. SIGARs enabling legislation, Pub. L. No 110-181, requires us to produce publicly available quarterly reports concerning "the activities under programs and operations funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan." The statutory deadline for producing these reports is not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter. Our enabling legislation also requires federal agencies to provide us with timely information and assistance. SIGAR requests data concerning the ANDSF from DOD in the form of a quarterly data call. SIGAR asks DOD elements, such as USFOR-A, questions in the data call and they submit data in response. SIGAR drafts its report using the data supplied to it and submits the draft security section of the report to DOD for vetting before publication. Since SIGAR was established in 2008, DOD has usually provided accurate and timely information for the quarterly report.