Open Recommendations

The Director of Management and Operations conducts training and reviews record retention requirements with post staff to ensure documentation is retained in accordance with Peace Corps guidance.

The Office of Records Management updates the Manual Section 892 guidance to allow post staff to maintain Personal Service Contract records electronically in addition to paper documentation.

The Director of Management and Operations reviews holiday and premium pay for other hourly Personal Service Contracts and determines if any additional collections are needed and then issue bills of collection or waive the collection. If needed, provide training on payroll calculations.

The Director of Management and Operations ensures the post follows guidance when processing Personal Service Contract awards and seeks approval from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer before deviating from it.

The Country Director ensures that disposals are conducted in accordance with Peace Corps policies by removing expired or wasted medication timely from the shelves, waiting to remove expired medication from the inventory logs until disposal has taken place, and witnessing contamination of expired medication.

Embassy Brazzaville, in coordination with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Bureau of African Affairs, should bring its Leahy vetting practices into compliance with the embassy's standard operating procedures and Department guidance.

Embassy Brazzaville should document public diplomacy grants in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Brazzaville, in coordination with the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should provide consular applicants with a waiting area that meets Department standards.

Embassy Brazzaville should implement a process to regularly review and update its management policies.

Embassy Brazzaville should submit the per diem, post hardship differential, and education allowance surveys in accordance with Department standards.

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

Embassy Brazzaville should bring its contract administration program into compliance with Department standards.

Embassy Brazzaville should compete its procurement actions in accordance with Department standards and federal regulations.

Embassy Brazzaville should revise its motor vehicle policy to adhere to Department standards for other authorized use of U.S. government vehicles.

Embassy Brazzaville should perform workplace hazard inspections of both high-risk and low-risk workplaces in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Brazzaville should bring its swimming pool safety program into compliance with Department standards.

Embassy Brazzaville should complete post occupational safety and health officer certifications for all its residential and non-residential properties in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Brazzaville should publish boat safety guidelines for its boat program and manage the program in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Brazzaville, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should obtain authorization to use a shipping container as functional space or remove it in accordance with Department standards.

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

Embassy Brazzaville should perform maintenance on its water distillers and document the work in accordance with Department standards.

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

Embassy Brazzaville, in coordination with the Bureau of Global Talent Management, should update the locally employed staff handbook in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Brazzaville should review and revise locally employed staff position descriptions and classify them in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Brazzaville should require supervisors to complete locally employed staff performance evaluations on time and hold supervisors accountable for noncompliance.