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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of State OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of State
Components
Bureau of African Affairs
Report Number
ISP-I-25-14
Report Type
Inspection / Evaluation
Location

Lusaka
Zambia

Number of Recommendations
32
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0
Report updated under NDAA 5274
No

Open Recommendations

This report has 33 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
1 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should monitor and document public diplomacy grants in accordance with Department standards.

2 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should implement a plan to increase nonimmigrant visa adjudication capacity and reduce interview appointment wait times.

3 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should comply with Department consular procedural requirements.

4 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should comply with Department standards for consular crisis preparedness.

5 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should monitor the Global Support Services program in accordance with Department standards.

6 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should conduct validation studies on issued nonimmigrant visas in accordance with Department standards.

7 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should record, track, and collect employee accounts receivable, in accordance with Department requirements.

8 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should bring its cashier operations into compliance with Department standards.

9 No $0 $24,770

Embassy Lusaka should clear overdue travel advances, in accordance with Department guidelines, and put overdue travel advance funds of up to $24,770 to better use.

10 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should manage its fuel operations in accordance with Department standards.

11 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should bring its property management program into compliance with Department standards.

12 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should bring its furniture and appliance pool program into compliance with Department standards.

13 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should comply with Department requirements for managing the official vehicles in its motor pool.

14 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should bring its contracting officer's representative program into compliance with Department standards.

15 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should close out procurement files in accordance with Department standards.

16 No $0 $0

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

17 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should bring its residential fire protection program into compliance with Department standards.

18 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should comply with the Department's time and attendance requirements.

19 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should require the embassy employee association's board of directors to conduct its oversight responsibilities in accordance with Department standards.

20 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should submit its hardship differential survey in accordance with Department guidelines.

21 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should register and obtain approval for its external network extensions in accordance with Department standards.

22 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should update and test the information technology contingency plans for its Sensitive But Unclassified and classified networks in accordance with Department standards.

23 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should implement a network account management procedure for regularly reviewing user accounts in accordance with Department standards.

24 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should implement a procedure to change the administrative passwords for its networked digital copiers, printers, and senders in accordance with Department standards.

25 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should configure and monitor its non-enterprise networks in accordance with Department standards.

26 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should complete all information systems security officer responsibilities in accordance with Department standards.

27 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should test the satellite phone and high frequency radio at the alternate command center monthly in accordance with Department standards.

28 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should account for all its emergency and evacuation radios and enter all radios into the Integrated Logistics Management Systems loanable property module in accordance with Department standards.

28 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should account for all its emergency and evacuation radios and enter all radios into the Integrated Logistics Management Systems loanable property module in accordance with Department standards.

29 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should establish a Local Configuration Control Board in accordance with Department standards.

30 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should establish a method to seek repayment for unapproved telephone charges in accordance with Department standards.

31 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should verify paid monthly service charges for mobile phone lines and service inventories in accordance with Department standards.

32 No $0 $0

Embassy Lusaka should bring its records management program into compliance with Department standards.

Department of State OIG

United States