Open Recommendations

Embassy Ankara should bring its property management program in compliance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should bring the mission's furniture and appliance pool program into compliance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should comply with Department training standards in the use of powered industrial trucks, such as forklifts, at Consulate General Istanbul.

Embassy Ankara should bring the mission's contract administration program into compliance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should bring the mission's purchase card program into compliance with Department guidelines.

Embassy Ankara should conduct acquisition planning in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should require Consulate General Istanbul and Consulate Adana to conduct and document annual blanket purchase agreement reviews, in compliance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should require the local travel management center for Mission Trkiye to operate in accordance with Department guidelines.

Embassy Ankara should perform and document workplace hazard inspections of its high-risk workplaces in accordance with Department standards.

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

Embassy Ankara should request a mission-wide exception to Department fire standards in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should implement and practice a confined space management program in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should comply with all Department Motor Vehicle Safety Management program standards for chauffeurs and incidental drivers.

Embassy Ankara, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should request approval for the construction project at Consulate Adana in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should update Mission Trkiye's locally employed staff handbook in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should implement a process to document and regularly update its human resources policies and standard operating procedures.

Embassy Ankara, in coordination with the Bureau of Global Talent Management, should update its local compensation plan to comply with government of Trkiye labor law in accordance with Department standards, and should only make payments for benefits contained within the plan.

Embassy Ankara should relocate the telecommunications demarcation point outside the information systems server room in Consulate General Istanbul, in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should remove prohibited devices in Consulate General Istanbul in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should cease using resources intended for official use to support residential internet services in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Ankara should require information system administrators at the embassy, Consulate General Istanbul, and Consulate Adana to complete required information assurance training in accordance with Department standards.

Correct USAspending.gov to reflect the 9 missing projects we questioned with funding totaling more than $71.9 million questioned.

Reconcile and correct the inconsistent financial data that net more than $20.6 million in USDA’s Financial Management Modernization Initiative system and/or USAspending.gov for the 38 projects.

Establish internal control procedures to ensure recruitment, relocation, and retention incentive documentation is appropriately maintained in accordance with VA policy and guidance.

Enforce procedures to ensure Veterans Integrated Service Network human resources offices properly review recruitment, relocation, and retention incentive documentation for compliance with VA policy.