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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of State OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of State OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of State
Components
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Report Number
ISP-I-24-06
Report Type
Inspection / Evaluation
Number of Recommendations
37
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Open Recommendations

This report has 19 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
2 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should update its Leahy vetting standard operating procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Leahy Vetting Guide.

4 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should bring consular crisis preparedness at the Baghdad and Erbil Consular Sections into compliance with Department standards.

5 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should expand the American Liaison Network in Baghdad and Erbil in accordance with Department standards.

10 No $0 $0

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, in coordination with Embassy Baghdad and the Bureaus of Counterterrorism; Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Economic and Business Affairs; International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; International Security and Nonproliferation; Political-Military Affairs; and Population, Refugees, and Migration, should implement a process to confirm that monitoring data for foreign assistance programs in Iraq is recorded in the official system of record as required by Department standards.

11 No $0 $0

The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, in coordination with Embassy Baghdad and the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, should conduct a cost-benefit analysis and determine the feasibility of connecting the Baghdad Embassy Compound to the local power grid.

12 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should bring its safety, health, and environmental management program into compliance with Department standards.

13 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should obtain authorization from the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations to use shipping containers as functional space or dismantle and remove them, in accordance with Department standards.

15 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should comply with all Department motor vehicle safety management program standards for incidental drivers under chief of mission authority.

16 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should manage its armored vehicles in accordance with Department standards.

18 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should bring its management of expendable property and fuel deliveries into compliance with Department standards.

21 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should obtain written confirmation from the government of Iraq that U.S. direct-hire employees assigned to the mission are accredited and will receive diplomatic privileges and immunities.

22 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad, in coordination with the Bureau of Global Talent Management, should update the mission's local compensation plan, in accordance with Department standards.

26 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should implement a system for oversight of U.S. direct-hire employee compliance with Department mandatory training requirements.

31 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad, in coordination with the Bureaus of Overseas Buildings Operations and Information Resource Management, should remediate the telecommunications infrastructure at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, in accordance with Department standards.

32 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should configure mailrooms at the Baghdad Embassy Compound and the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center in accordance with Department standards.

34 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should comply with mandatory training requirements for Diplomatic Post Office staff.

35 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should upload to the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset all diplomatic notes it prepares and receives in accordance with Department standards.

36 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad should manage mission records in accordance with Department standards.

37 No $0 $0

Embassy Baghdad, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should comply with Department standards for server room safety controls.

Department of State OIG

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