 Information exchanged between the two parties is then investigated by a spectrum of governmental entities.In the U.S., the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Accounting Agency (DPAA) is the lead agency responsible for personnel accounting.The Commission, holds a formal Plenary to discuss a spectrum of issues that involve Prisoners of War and Missing in Action such as; archival research, reported gravesites, loss incident reports, shoot-downs, archival reports, Soviet Bloc nation intelligence and reports, information passed on to the Commission and to establish the direction the USRJC and its Working Groups.