Such standards and data collection will take into account the varying security and information environments where U.S. programs operate.

WHITEHOUSE: Fact Sheet: U.S. Security Sector Assistance Policy

Supervise and undertake research and methodological studies with regards to standards on the concepts, definitions and classifications of SCC statistics to improve international comparability, and the creation, extension and further development of world-wide standards for the collection of data.

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Such standards will be aided by a requirement for measurable security sector assistance objectives, appropriate data collection of the impacts and results of security sector assistance programs, and improved efforts to inform decision-making processes with data on what works and what does not work through impact evaluations when permissible.

WHITEHOUSE: Fact Sheet: U.S. Security Sector Assistance Policy