Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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1 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels should advise and brief U.S. citizens in Belgium in accordance with Department standards. | |||||
3 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels, in coordination with the Bureaus of Consular Affairs and Overseas Buildings Operations, should provide a wheelchair-accessible restroom option for consular customers. | |||||
4 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should bring its fire protection program into compliance with Department standards. | |||||
5 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
The U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in coordination with Embassy Brussels, should require that all residences are inspected and certified in the Post Occupational Safety and Health Officer Certification Application in accordance with Department standards. | |||||
9 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels should obtain authorization from the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations to use shipping containers for permanent storage or dismantle and remove them, in accordance with Department standards. | |||||
13 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels should bring its contracting officer's representative program into compliance with Department standards. | |||||
15 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
The U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in coordination with Embassy Brussels, should submit its living quarters expenditure reports in accordance with Department standards. | |||||
17 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels, in coordination with the Bureaus of Budget and Planning, the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, European and Eurasian Affairs, and Global Talent Management, should implement a plan to fully fund the locally employed staff defined benefit pension plan to comply with Belgium's labor laws and address long-term funding concerns. | |||||
20 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels should cease paying for residential internet for vacant residences that do not have an alarm system connected to internet, in accordance with Department standards. | |||||
21 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels should categorize, assess, and authorize its locally developed applications in accordance with Department standards. | |||||
22 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels should replace the unauthorized wireless access points operating within its facilities with an approved wireless network. | |||||
24 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels, in coordination with the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, should obtain proper approval for its video conferencing system in accordance with Department standards. | |||||
25 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Embassy Brussels, in coordination with the U.S. Mission to the European Union and the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, should implement a records management program that complies with Department standards. |