2021 - September 20a | Defense Security Cooperation Agency

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September 20, 2021	DSCA Policy Memo 21-66, Revision to Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) Document Processing Performance Metric has been posted. DSCA establishes milestones and standards for the length of time Implementing Agencies (IAs) should take to prepare LOAs, Amendments, and Modifications using Foreign Military Sales (FMS) processes. DSCA and the IAs collectively analyze actual performance against established standards to inform, develop and execute changes to improve speed, flexibility, and responsiveness of FMS document preparation processes. Recent analysis shows the community is meeting the standards for Category A (45 days - blanket order), Category B (100 days - defined order), and Category D (60 days - Building Partner Capacity [BPC] or other non-FMS programs that use FMS processes) documents. However, research also indicates that the community is not meeting the standard for preparation of Category C documents (150 days – more complex cases). DSCA and the Military Departments (MILDEPs) evaluated recent LOA document development data to identify issues impacting the preparation of Category C documents and identified issues and solutions. This memo updates Section C2.1.4.3.2. LOA Document Preparation Time, Section C5.1.2.1., Section C5.1.2.2. , Section C5.1.7. Implementing Agency LOR Review (inclucing subsections and tables/figures), Section C5.4.2. LOA Document Preparation Timeframe (inclucing subsections and tables/figures), Section C5.4.13.1. Preparation of LOA Documents, and adds Table C5.T18. LOR Milestone Definitions

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September 20, 2021

DSCA Policy Memo 21-66, Revision to Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) Document Processing Performance Metric has been posted.

DSCA establishes milestones and standards for the length of time Implementing Agencies (IAs) should take to prepare LOAs, Amendments, and Modifications using Foreign Military Sales (FMS) processes. DSCA and the IAs collectively analyze actual performance against established standards to inform, develop and execute changes to improve speed, flexibility, and responsiveness of FMS document preparation processes. Recent analysis shows the community is meeting the standards for Category A (45 days - blanket order), Category B (100 days - defined order), and Category D (60 days - Building Partner Capacity [BPC] or other non-FMS programs that use FMS processes) documents. However, research also indicates that the community is not meeting the standard for preparation of Category C documents (150 days – more complex cases). DSCA and the Military Departments (MILDEPs) evaluated recent LOA document development data to identify issues impacting the preparation of Category C documents and identified issues and solutions.

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