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Page 1: t Plans s and Improveme PART Programs Summarie · U.S. Departme n t of State F Y 2008 Perfor mance Summ a r y Appendices PART Programs Summarie s and Improveme n t Plans Summaries

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

App

endi

ces

PAR

T P

rogr

ams

Sum

mar

ies

and

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

s

Sum

mar

ies

of D

epar

tmen

t of

Sta

te P

ART

asse

ssm

ents

(20

02-2

006)

and

impr

ovem

ent

plan

s ar

e lis

ted

belo

w a

nd a

vaila

ble

on t

he w

eb a

t w

ww

.exp

ectm

ore.

gov.

Co

mpl

etio

n st

atus

is a

s of

Dec

embe

r 1,

200

6.

Prog

ram

Nam

e A

ndea

n Co

unte

rdru

g In

itia

tive

(A

CI)

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e pr

ogra

m h

elps

par

tner

gov

ernm

ents

in t

he A

ndea

n re

gion

of

Sout

h Am

eric

a to

fig

ht t

he il

licit

dru

g in

dust

ry.

ACI c

ombi

nes

drug

era

dica

tion

, in

terd

icti

on,

alte

rnat

ive

deve

lopm

ent,

and

rul

e of

law

pro

gram

s in

dru

g pr

oduc

ing

and

tran

sit

coun

trie

s to

re

duce

the

impa

ct o

f th

e ill

egal

dru

g tr

ade

in t

he h

emis

pher

e.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Dev

elop

ann

ual g

oals

tha

t sh

ow h

ow t

he p

rogr

am is

hel

ping

fos

ter

alte

rnat

ive

way

s fo

r co

mm

unit

ies

and

fam

ilies

to

earn

a

livin

g ou

tsid

e th

e ill

icit

dru

g tr

ade.

Ensu

re t

hat

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent

syst

em c

an t

rack

and

rep

ort

info

rmat

ion

to m

ake

effe

ctiv

e st

rate

gic

plan

ning

and

fu

ndin

g de

cisi

ons.

Link

fun

ding

req

uest

s to

ove

rall

prog

ram

goa

ls.

Com

plet

ion

Stat

us

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e A

nti-

Terr

oris

m A

ssis

tanc

e PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

Anti

-Ter

rori

sm A

ssis

tanc

e pr

ogra

m b

uild

s th

e ca

paci

ty o

f ke

y co

untr

ies

abro

ad t

o fi

ght

terr

oris

m;

esta

blis

hes

secu

rity

re

lati

onsh

ips

betw

een

U.S

. an

d fo

reig

n of

fici

als

to s

tren

gthe

n co

oper

ativ

e an

ti-t

erro

rism

eff

orts

; an

d sh

ares

mod

ern,

hum

ane

and

effe

ctiv

e an

ti-t

erro

rism

tec

hniq

ues.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Incr

ease

the

eff

ecti

vene

ss o

f th

e pr

ogra

m b

y ex

pand

ing

in-c

ount

ry t

rain

ing

prog

ram

s in

cou

ntri

es c

riti

cal t

o th

e U

.S.

coun

ter-

terr

oris

m e

ffor

t.

• U

se a

for

mal

nee

ds a

sses

smen

t pr

ogra

m a

nd c

ount

ry r

atin

g sy

stem

to

info

rm b

udge

t de

velo

pmen

t an

d ju

stif

icat

ions

. •

Inte

grat

e pe

rfor

man

ce m

easu

res

into

bud

get

docu

men

ts a

nd in

stit

utio

naliz

e tr

acki

ng a

nd r

epor

ting

of

prog

ress

aga

inst

pe

rfor

man

ce m

easu

res.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Com

plet

ed.

PA

RT

Tabl

es

157

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U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e Ca

pita

l Sec

urit

y Co

nstr

ucti

on P

rogr

am

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e pu

rpos

e of

the

Cap

ital

Sec

urit

y Co

nstr

ucti

on P

rogr

am is

con

stru

ct s

ecur

e, s

afe,

and

fun

ctio

nal

faci

litie

s fo

r U

.S.

dipl

omat

ic

and

cons

ulat

e m

issi

ons

abro

ad.

Prog

ram

act

ivit

ies

incl

ude

plan

ning

, pr

ogra

mm

ing,

des

ign,

and

con

stru

ctio

n of

new

em

bass

y an

d co

nsul

ate

com

poun

ds.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Dev

elop

cos

t co

ntai

nmen

t st

rate

gies

for

new

em

bass

y an

d co

nsul

ate

oper

atin

g co

sts.

Ensu

re t

hat

all n

ew e

mba

ssy

com

poun

ds a

re s

ized

bas

ed o

n ri

ghts

izin

g re

view

s an

d st

affi

ng le

vels

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Com

plet

ed.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Co

ntri

buti

on t

o th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns C

hild

ren'

s Fu

nd (

UN

ICEF

) an

d O

ther

Pro

gram

s PA

RT S

umm

ary

U.S

. go

vern

men

t pa

rtic

ipat

ion

in U

NIC

EF a

ctiv

itie

s ai

ds p

rovi

sion

of

hum

anit

aria

n an

d de

velo

pmen

t as

sist

ance

tar

gete

d at

ch

ildre

n an

d fa

mili

es.

UN

CICE

F pr

ogra

ms

addr

ess

child

hea

lth,

wat

er a

nd s

anit

atio

n ac

cess

, nu

trit

ion,

edu

cati

on,

HIV

/AID

S, a

nd

prot

ecti

on.

The

U.S

. be

long

s to

the

36-

coun

try

Exec

utiv

e Bo

ard

over

seei

ng U

NIC

EF.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Prom

otin

g re

sult

s-ba

sed

man

agem

ent

in U

NIC

EF m

eeti

ngs,

and

mon

itor

ing

prog

ress

tow

ard

the

goal

s an

d ta

rget

s in

U

NIC

EF’s

Med

ium

Ter

m S

trat

egic

Pla

n.

• Ju

stif

ying

req

uest

ed f

undi

ng f

or t

he p

rogr

am o

n th

e ba

sis

of U

NIC

EF's

prog

ram

and

pla

nnin

g do

cum

enta

tion

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ns t

aken

but

not

com

plet

ed.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Co

ntri

buti

on t

o th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns D

evel

opm

ent

Prog

ram

(U

ND

P)

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e pu

rpos

e of

the

pro

gram

is f

or t

he U

.S.

Gov

ernm

ent

to p

arti

cipa

te in

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

act

ivit

ies

to p

rom

ote

deve

lopm

ent.

U

ND

P pr

ogra

ms

assi

st d

evel

opin

g co

untr

ies'

econ

omic

and

soc

ial d

evel

opm

ent,

incl

udin

g re

duci

ng p

over

ty a

nd p

rom

otin

g de

moc

racy

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Prom

ote

resu

lts-

base

d m

anag

emen

t in

UN

DP

mee

ting

s, e

spec

ially

to

mon

itor

pro

gres

s to

war

d go

als

and

targ

ets

in t

he

perf

orm

ance

pla

n.

• Ju

stif

y re

ques

ted

fund

ing

for

the

prog

ram

on

the

basi

s of

ach

ieve

d re

sult

s.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

158

PA

RT

Tabl

es

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U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e Co

ntri

buti

ons

to t

he In

tern

atio

nal A

tom

ic E

nerg

y A

genc

y 20

06 F

all U

pdat

e A

sses

smen

t PA

RT S

umm

ary

U.S

. co

ntri

buti

ons

to t

he In

tern

atio

nal A

tom

ic E

nerg

y Ag

ency

(IA

EA)

prom

ote

nucl

ear

safe

guar

ds a

gain

st p

rolif

erat

ion.

The

IAEA

m

onit

ors

nucl

ear

acti

viti

es w

orld

wid

e, h

elps

pro

tect

aga

inst

nuc

lear

acc

iden

t or

ter

rori

sm a

nd p

rom

otes

pea

cefu

l use

s of

nu

clea

r en

ergy

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Cont

inue

to

seek

ref

inem

ents

in IA

EA p

erfo

rman

ce p

lann

ing

to c

lari

fy b

udge

t ye

ar t

arge

ts w

ith

a go

al o

f de

mon

stra

ting

cle

ar li

nks

betw

een

expe

cted

res

ults

and

U.S

. co

ntri

buti

ons

to t

he IA

EA.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Co

ntri

buti

ons

for

Inte

rnat

iona

l Pea

ceke

epin

g A

ctiv

itie

s PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

Cont

ribu

tion

s fo

r In

tern

atio

nal P

eace

keep

ing

Acti

viti

es a

ccou

nt f

unds

the

U.S

. G

over

nmen

t's s

hare

of

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

(U

N)

peac

ekee

ping

mis

sion

s. T

he U

N S

ecur

ity

Coun

cil,

of

whi

ch t

he U

.S.

is a

mem

ber,

app

rove

s ne

w m

issi

ons

whe

n th

ere

is a

nee

d to

m

aint

ain

inte

rnat

iona

l pea

ce a

nd s

ecur

ity.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Wor

k w

ith

the

UN

Dep

artm

ent

of P

eace

keep

ing

Ope

rati

ons

and

mem

ber

stat

es t

o en

sure

tha

t pe

acek

eepi

ng m

issi

ons

focu

s on

mor

e ef

fici

ent

way

s of

ach

ievi

ng it

s go

als.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Co

ntri

buti

ons

to In

tern

atio

nal F

ishe

ries

Com

mis

sion

s PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

Stat

e D

epar

tmen

t m

akes

con

trib

utio

ns a

nd c

oord

inat

es U

.S.

inpu

t to

sev

eral

inte

rnat

iona

l fis

heri

es c

omm

issi

ons

and

rela

ted

orga

niza

tion

s. T

hese

com

mis

sion

s pr

otec

t an

d al

loca

te f

ishi

ng r

ight

s, a

dvan

ce m

arin

e sc

ienc

e, m

aint

ain

and

impr

ove

the

wel

l-be

ing

of c

oast

al c

omm

unit

ies,

and

pro

tect

nat

ural

hab

itat

s.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Impr

ove

prog

ram

-wid

e m

easu

res

that

app

ly t

o al

l com

mis

sion

s, in

ord

er t

o ev

alua

te t

he e

ffec

tive

ness

of

the

tota

l U.S

. co

ntri

buti

on t

o in

tern

atio

nal f

ishe

ries

com

mis

sion

s.

• W

ork

to in

crea

se t

he in

depe

nden

ce a

nd t

rans

pare

ncy

of t

he c

onst

itue

nt a

dvis

ory

com

mit

tees

, su

ch a

s by

cha

ngin

g th

e im

plem

enti

ng le

gisl

atio

n fo

r th

e co

mm

issi

ons.

Solic

it in

depe

nden

t ev

alua

tion

s of

suf

fici

ent

scop

e, q

ualit

y, a

nd r

egul

arit

y to

ana

lyze

the

impa

ct o

f th

e fi

sher

ies

prog

ram

and

info

rm p

rogr

am im

prov

emen

t.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

on t

o im

prov

e pr

ogra

m m

easu

res

com

plet

ed.

Oth

er a

ctio

ns t

aken

, bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

PA

RT

Tabl

es

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. Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e Co

ntri

buti

ons

to In

tern

atio

nal O

rgan

izat

ions

PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

Cont

ribu

tion

s to

Inte

rnat

iona

l Org

aniz

atio

ns a

ccou

nt p

ays

U.S

. m

embe

rshi

p du

es t

o m

ore

than

40

inte

rnat

iona

l or

gani

zati

ons

in w

hich

the

U.S

. is

a m

embe

r pu

rsua

nt t

o tr

eati

es,

conv

enti

ons,

or

Acts

of

Cong

ress

. Ex

ampl

es in

clud

e: U

nite

d N

atio

ns W

orld

Hea

lth

Org

aniz

atio

n, U

N F

ood

and

Agri

cult

ure

Org

aniz

atio

n, a

nd O

rgan

izat

ion

for

Econ

omic

Coo

pera

tion

and

D

evel

opm

ent.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Stat

e sh

ould

per

iodi

cally

eva

luat

e w

heth

er s

uffi

cien

t pr

ogre

ss h

as b

een

mad

e in

mee

ting

tar

gets

so

that

mile

ston

e-ba

sed

mea

sure

s m

ight

be

conv

erte

d to

qua

ntif

iabl

e m

easu

res,

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te.

• W

ork

wit

h U

N F

ood

and

Agri

cult

ure

Org

aniz

atio

n to

impr

ove

the

prio

riti

zati

on o

f it

ems

in t

he p

ropo

sed

Prog

ram

of

Wor

k an

d Bu

dget

(PW

B) s

o th

at t

he P

WB

focu

ses

reso

urce

s on

are

as w

here

the

org

aniz

atio

n ha

s a

com

para

tive

adv

anta

ge.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Dep

artm

ent

plan

s to

per

iodi

cally

rev

iew

app

ropr

iate

ness

of

conv

erti

ng m

ilest

ones

-bas

ed m

easu

res

to q

uant

ifia

ble

mea

sure

s w

hen

data

is a

vaila

ble

from

the

rel

evan

t or

gani

zati

ons

on t

arge

t ac

hiev

emen

t. A

lso,

the

USG

has

wor

ked

wit

h FA

O a

nd o

ther

FA

O M

embe

r St

ates

to

impr

ove

the

prio

riti

zati

on o

f it

ems

in t

he p

ropo

sed

Prog

ram

of

Wor

k an

d Bu

dget

(an

ong

oing

act

ivit

y).

Prog

ram

Nam

e Ec

onom

ic S

uppo

rt F

und

- H

uman

Rig

hts

and

Dem

ocra

cy F

und

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e H

uman

Rig

hts

and

Dem

ocra

cy F

und

prov

ides

sm

all g

rant

s to

non

-gov

ernm

enta

l org

aniz

atio

ns t

o he

lp f

ulfi

ll th

e D

epar

tmen

t of

Sta

te's

man

date

to

mon

itor

and

pro

mot

e hu

man

rig

hts

and

dem

ocra

cy w

orld

wid

e.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Refi

ning

per

form

ance

goa

ls t

o be

tter

ref

lect

the

pro

gram

's pu

rpos

e in

sup

port

ing

U.S

. po

licy

prio

riti

es t

o im

prov

e th

e pr

otec

tion

of

hum

an r

ight

s an

d th

e st

reng

then

ing

of d

emoc

rati

c in

stit

utio

ns.

Usi

ng t

he f

indi

ngs

of in

depe

nden

t ev

alua

tion

s an

d in

tern

al p

erfo

rman

ce d

ata

to in

form

res

ourc

e al

loca

tion

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

on t

o re

fine

per

form

ance

goa

ls c

ompl

eted

. Ac

tion

tak

en b

ut n

ot c

ompl

eted

to

anal

yze

the

find

ings

of

inde

pend

ent

eval

uati

ons.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Ec

onom

ic S

uppo

rt F

und

for

Afr

ica

PART

Sum

mar

y Ec

onom

ic S

uppo

rt F

und

prog

ram

s in

Afr

ica

supp

ort

U.S

. fo

reig

n po

licy

goal

s in

the

reg

ion

by s

tren

gthe

ning

dem

ocra

tic

inst

itut

ions

, he

lpin

g na

tion

s re

cove

r fr

om c

onfl

ict,

and

pro

mot

ing

econ

omic

sta

bilit

y, t

rade

and

inve

stm

ent.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Init

iati

ng m

ore

freq

uent

inde

pend

ent

eval

uati

ons

of s

peci

fic

acti

viti

es w

ithi

n th

e pr

ogra

m t

o he

lp in

form

man

agem

ent

deci

sion

mak

ing,

str

ateg

ic p

lann

ing

and

budg

etin

g.

• M

akin

g be

tter

use

of

perf

orm

ance

dat

a to

info

rm m

anag

emen

t de

cisi

on m

akin

g, s

trat

egic

pla

nnin

g an

d re

sour

ce

allo

cati

on.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n to

ref

ine

perf

orm

ance

mea

sure

s an

d de

velo

p m

ore

tran

spar

ent

proc

esse

s fo

r an

alyz

ing

perf

orm

ance

dat

a.

160

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. Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e Ec

onom

ic S

uppo

rt F

und

for

the

Wes

tern

Hem

isph

ere

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e Ec

onom

ic S

uppo

rt F

und

prog

ram

s of

the

Dep

artm

ent

of S

tate

in t

he W

este

rn H

emis

pher

e re

gion

wor

k to

str

engt

hen

dem

ocra

tic

inst

itut

ions

, ci

vil s

ocie

ty,

and

trad

e ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing,

to

aid

in t

he r

esol

utio

n of

reg

iona

l con

flic

ts,

and

to a

ssis

t na

tion

s fa

ced

wit

h di

ffic

ult

econ

omic

and

pol

itic

al c

rise

s.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Impr

ovin

g co

ordi

nati

on b

etw

een

Stat

e an

d U

SAID

in t

he W

este

rn H

emis

pher

e in

incr

ease

eff

ecti

vene

ss a

nd a

ccou

ntab

ility

fo

r re

sult

s.

• An

alyz

ing

resu

lts

and

perf

orm

ance

dat

a to

mor

e cl

earl

y in

form

the

dev

elop

men

t of

bud

gets

for

the

reg

ion,

sub

sequ

ent

budg

et j

usti

fica

tion

s, a

nd p

ublic

rep

orts

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

All p

lann

ed a

ctio

ns c

ompl

eted

. W

orke

d w

ith

USA

ID t

o co

ordi

nate

per

form

ance

goa

ls,

indi

cato

rs,

and

targ

ets.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Ed

ucat

iona

l and

Cul

tura

l Exc

hang

e Pr

ogra

ms

in N

ear

East

and

Sou

th A

sia

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

ese

prog

ram

s he

lp t

o in

crea

se m

utua

l und

erst

andi

ng a

nd r

espe

ct b

y m

anag

ing

exch

ange

s th

at p

rom

ote

pers

onal

, pr

ofes

sion

al,

and

inst

itut

iona

l tie

s be

twee

n pr

ivat

e ci

tize

ns a

nd o

rgan

izat

ions

in t

he U

nite

d St

ates

and

abr

oad,

as

wel

l as

by

pres

enti

ng U

.S.

hist

ory,

soc

iety

, ar

t an

d cu

ltur

e to

ove

rsea

s au

dien

ces.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Det

erm

inin

g if

cur

rent

pro

gram

s ar

e th

e m

ost

effe

ctiv

e to

rea

ch t

arge

t au

dien

ces

and

ensu

ring

tha

t th

ose

targ

eted

are

th

e m

ost

infl

uent

ial t

o m

ake

the

mos

t sh

ort

and

long

ter

m im

pact

s.

• D

evel

opin

g an

ove

rarc

hing

U.S

. G

over

nmen

t Pu

blic

Dip

lom

acy

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n to

dev

elop

a U

SG-w

ide

publ

ic d

iplo

mac

y st

rate

gic

plan

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Ex

port

Con

trol

Ass

ista

nce

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e ex

port

con

trol

s pr

ogra

m a

nd r

elat

ed b

orde

r se

curi

ty a

ssis

tanc

e se

ek t

o st

op t

he il

lega

l shi

pmen

t of

wea

pons

and

dan

gero

us

mat

eria

ls b

y bu

ildin

g ef

fect

ive

expo

rt c

ontr

ol s

yste

ms

in f

orei

gn c

ount

ries

. As

sist

ance

foc

uses

on

help

ing

coun

trie

s cr

eate

and

en

forc

e la

ws

and

regu

lati

ons

impr

ovin

g bo

rder

sec

urit

y.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Revi

ewin

g m

etho

ds f

or d

eter

min

ing

coun

try

prio

riti

es a

nd in

corp

orat

ing

the

resu

lts

of a

n in

depe

nden

t ev

alua

tion

to

furt

her

asse

ss t

he c

ount

ry p

rogr

am n

eeds

. •

Refi

ning

bud

get

subm

issi

ons

to f

urth

er t

ie f

undi

ng r

eque

sts

to s

peci

fic

mea

sure

s of

pro

gres

s in

key

cou

ntri

es.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

New

inte

rage

ncy

stra

tegi

c pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss c

onsi

ders

the

cou

ntry

's th

reat

ass

essm

ent,

iden

tifi

es d

efic

ienc

ies

in s

trat

egic

tra

de

cont

rol d

evel

opm

ent,

and

def

ines

fut

ure

prog

ram

pla

ns.

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artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e Fo

reig

n Se

rvic

e In

stit

ute

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e pu

rpos

e of

the

For

eign

Ser

vice

Inst

itut

e (F

SI)

is t

o tr

ain

and

deve

lop

U.S

. go

vern

men

t pe

rson

nel i

n th

e fo

reig

n af

fair

s co

mm

unit

y to

car

ryou

t U

.S.

fore

ign

affa

irs

acti

viti

es.

FSI p

rovi

des

mor

e th

an 4

50 c

ours

es t

o 50

,000

enr

olle

es a

yea

r fr

om t

he

Stat

e D

epar

tmen

t an

d ov

er 4

0 ot

her

gove

rnm

ent

agen

cies

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Incr

ease

out

reac

h to

pos

ts a

nd b

urea

us t

o pr

omot

e di

stan

ce le

arni

ng a

s a

reso

urce

-eff

icie

nt t

rain

ing

opti

on a

nd

incr

ease

use

. •

Revi

ew e

valu

atio

n pr

oces

ses

and

tool

s to

incr

ease

ens

urin

g th

e in

tegr

ity

of r

espo

nses

, m

axim

ize

resp

onse

rat

es,

and

stre

ngth

en li

nkag

es t

o pr

ogra

m r

esul

ts.

Dev

elop

a m

etho

dolo

gy t

o ca

ptur

e an

d be

tter

qua

ntif

y th

e re

sour

ce b

enef

its

of d

ista

nce

lear

ning

cou

rses

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e G

loba

l Edu

cati

onal

and

Cul

tura

l Exc

hang

es

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

is p

rogr

am m

anag

es e

xcha

nge

prog

ram

s th

at h

elp

incr

ease

mut

ual u

nder

stan

ding

and

res

pect

by

prom

otin

g pe

rson

al,

prof

essi

onal

, an

d in

stit

utio

nal t

ies

betw

een

priv

ate

citi

zens

and

org

aniz

atio

ns in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd a

broa

d, a

s w

ell a

s by

pr

esen

ting

U.S

. hi

stor

y, s

ocie

ty,

art

and

cult

ure

to o

vers

eas

audi

ence

s.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Dev

elop

ing

an o

vera

rchi

ng U

SG P

ublic

Dip

lom

acy

Stra

tegy

.

• D

eter

min

ing

if c

urre

nt p

rogr

ams

are

the

mos

t ef

fect

ive

to r

each

tar

get

audi

ence

s an

d en

suri

ng t

hat

thos

e ta

rget

ed a

re

the

mos

t in

flue

ntia

l to

mak

e th

e gr

eate

st im

pact

s.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n, b

ut n

ot c

ompl

eted

. A

cons

olid

ated

eva

luat

ion

unit

was

est

ablis

hed

in N

ovem

ber

2005

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e H

uman

itar

ian

Dem

inin

g PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

U.S

. H

uman

itar

ian

Dem

inin

g Pr

ogra

m p

rovi

des

land

min

e aw

aren

ess

and

min

e cl

eara

nce

trai

ning

and

ass

ista

nce

wit

h th

e go

al o

f he

lpin

g fo

reig

n m

ine-

affe

cted

nat

ions

dev

elop

indi

geno

us m

ine

acti

on c

apab

iliti

es.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Supp

orti

ng a

n ex

pand

ed h

uman

itar

ian

dem

inin

g pr

ogra

m w

hile

wor

king

to

furt

her

refi

ne p

erfo

rman

ce m

easu

res.

Tyin

g re

sour

ce r

eque

sts

to a

ntic

ipat

ed p

erfo

rman

ce t

arge

ts.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Fund

ing

is t

ied

to j

oint

eff

orts

bet

wee

n th

e U

SG a

nd h

ost

nati

ons

to d

eter

min

e an

d de

velo

p co

untr

y-sp

ecif

ic m

ine

acti

on

obje

ctiv

es.

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. Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e H

uman

itar

ian

Mig

rant

s to

Isra

el

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e pr

ogra

m p

rovi

des

assi

stan

ce f

or r

eset

tlem

ent

in Is

rael

of

hum

anit

aria

n m

igra

nts

from

the

for

mer

Sov

iet

Uni

on,

coun

trie

s in

Ea

ster

n Eu

rope

, Af

rica

, an

d th

e N

ear

East

, an

d ot

her

coun

trie

s of

dis

tres

s. A

pro

gram

gra

nt t

o th

e U

nite

d Is

rael

App

eal i

s re

nego

tiat

ed a

nnua

lly.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Stre

ngth

enin

g lo

ng-t

erm

and

ann

ual t

arge

ts t

o en

sure

con

tinu

ed im

prov

emen

ts in

eff

icie

ncy

and

effe

ctiv

enes

s.

• M

aint

aini

ng f

undi

ng le

vel i

n 20

07 d

espi

te h

isto

rica

lly lo

w le

vels

of

mig

rant

s in

ord

er t

o ex

pedi

te t

he m

igra

tion

of

Ethi

opia

ns.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

FY 2

007

budg

et in

clud

es t

he s

ame

leve

l of

fund

ing

as F

Y 20

06 t

o ex

pedi

te t

he m

igra

tion

of

Ethi

opia

ns.

Prog

ram

Nam

e In

tera

genc

y Co

oper

ativ

e A

dmin

istr

ativ

e Su

ppor

t Se

rvic

es

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

is p

rogr

am is

a v

olun

tary

sha

red

adm

inis

trat

ive

serv

ices

pla

tfor

m f

or a

genc

ies

at U

.S.

dipl

omat

ic f

acili

ties

ove

rsea

s. T

he

purp

ose

of p

rogr

am is

to

prov

ide

qual

ity,

cos

t-ef

fect

ive

adm

inis

trat

ive

supp

ort

serv

ices

thr

ough

a s

hare

d se

rvic

e, f

ull-

cost

re

cove

ry s

yste

m.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Dev

elop

ing

spec

ific

man

agem

ent

stra

tegi

es a

nd t

ools

to

assi

st s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

in m

eeti

ng in

divi

dual

and

ove

rall

glob

al

perf

orm

ance

tar

gets

.

• W

orki

ng w

ith

Stat

e D

epar

tmen

t an

d cu

stom

er a

genc

ies

to d

evel

op a

bus

ines

s ca

se a

naly

sis

form

at f

or a

genc

ies

to

just

ify

the

self

pro

visi

on o

f se

rvic

es t

hat

coul

d be

dup

licat

ive

of t

his

prog

ram

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e In

tern

atio

nal B

ound

ary

and

Wat

er C

omm

issi

on

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e In

tern

atio

nal B

ound

ary

and

Wat

er C

omm

issi

on a

pplie

s U

S-M

exic

o bo

unda

ry a

nd w

ater

tre

atie

s. T

he C

omm

issi

on a

ddre

sses

bo

rder

dem

arca

tion

, fl

ood

cont

rol,

and

tra

ns-b

ound

ary

wat

er a

lloca

tion

and

qua

lity

issu

es.

The

Com

mis

sion

als

o op

erat

es

bord

er in

fras

truc

ture

, in

clud

ing

inte

rnat

iona

l dam

s, p

ower

pla

nts

and

was

tew

ater

tre

atm

ent

faci

litie

s.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Cond

ucti

ng a

n in

depe

nden

t, c

ompr

ehen

sive

ass

essm

ent

to e

valu

ate

the

prog

ram

's ef

fect

iven

ess.

Impl

emen

ting

mor

e st

ring

ent

stan

dard

s th

at h

old

man

ager

s ac

coun

tabl

e fo

r pl

anni

ng,

exec

utio

n, a

nd c

ompl

ianc

e by

re

quir

ing

eval

uati

on o

f al

tern

ativ

es,

cost

eff

ecti

vene

ss,

achi

evab

le t

imel

ines

, de

velo

pmen

t of

mea

sura

ble

perf

orm

ance

da

ta,

and

perf

orm

ance

res

ults

. •

Dev

elop

ing

mor

e ag

gres

sive

pla

ns t

o ad

dres

s w

eakn

esse

s id

enti

fied

in t

he S

afet

y of

Dam

insp

ecti

ons.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ns t

aken

but

not

com

plet

ed.

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es

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ent o

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te

FY 2

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Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e In

tern

atio

nal I

nfor

mat

ion

Prog

ram

s PA

RT S

umm

ary

Inte

rnat

iona

l Inf

orm

atio

n pr

ogra

ms,

pro

duct

s, a

nd s

ervi

ces

help

bui

ld u

nder

stan

ding

bet

wee

n th

e U

.S.

and

inte

rnat

iona

l au

dien

ces

and

wor

k to

cou

nter

act

nega

tive

per

cept

ions

of

the

U.S

. Th

ey d

eliv

er A

mer

ica'

s m

essa

ge t

o th

e in

tern

atio

nal m

edia

, go

vern

men

t of

fici

als,

opi

nion

lead

ers,

and

the

pub

lic in

mor

e th

an 1

40 c

ount

ries

in s

even

lang

uage

s.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Com

plet

e de

velo

pmen

t of

per

form

ance

mea

sure

fra

mew

ork.

Obt

ain

data

for

bas

elin

es a

nd d

evel

op a

mbi

tiou

s ta

rget

s in

200

7.

• D

evel

op c

ompr

ehen

sive

sys

tem

of

iden

tify

ing

targ

et a

udie

nces

and

ens

urin

g th

at p

rodu

cts

and

serv

ices

rea

ch t

arge

t gr

oups

wit

h in

tend

ed r

esul

ts.

• Pr

ovid

e re

sour

ce r

eque

sts

wit

h di

rect

link

s be

twee

n fu

ndin

g le

vels

and

per

form

ance

obj

ecti

ves.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e In

tern

atio

nal N

arco

tics

Con

trol

and

Law

Enf

orce

men

t Pr

ogra

ms,

Afr

ica/

Asi

a PA

RT S

umm

ary

This

pro

gram

cur

bs t

he im

pact

of

inte

rnat

iona

l dru

g tr

affi

cker

s an

d ot

her

crim

e gr

oups

in A

sia

and

Afri

ca o

n th

e U

nite

d St

ates

an

d ou

r al

lies.

The

pro

gram

dis

rupt

s th

e ov

erse

as p

rodu

ctio

n an

d tr

affi

ckin

g of

illic

it d

rugs

; co

ordi

nate

s in

tern

atio

nal l

aw

enfo

rcem

ent

acti

viti

es;

and

faci

litat

es s

tabl

e cr

imin

al j

usti

ce s

yste

ms.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Reco

nfig

urin

g pe

rfor

man

ce r

epor

t fo

r cr

ime

and

drug

s to

bet

ter

refl

ect

Inte

rnat

iona

l Nar

coti

cs a

nd L

aw E

nfor

cem

ent

prog

ram

fun

ctio

ns.

Link

ing

annu

al f

undi

ng r

eque

sts

for

each

com

pone

nt o

f th

e pr

ogra

m t

o re

leva

nt p

rogr

am g

oals

and

upd

atin

g an

nual

pe

rfor

man

ce g

oals

as

nece

ssar

y to

ens

ure

they

rem

ain

ambi

tiou

s.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Crim

inal

Jus

tice

Sec

tor

Inde

x in

pilo

t st

ages

. FY

200

8 bu

dget

will

exp

licit

ly li

nk p

rogr

am g

oals

to

fund

ing

requ

ests

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e In

tern

atio

nal N

arco

tics

Con

trol

and

Law

Enf

orce

men

t Pr

ogra

ms,

Wes

tern

Hem

isph

ere

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

is p

rogr

am c

urbs

the

impa

ct o

f in

tern

atio

nal d

rug

traf

fick

ers

and

othe

r cr

ime

grou

ps in

thi

s he

mis

pher

e on

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es

and

our

allie

s. T

he p

rogr

am d

isru

pts

the

over

seas

pro

duct

ion

and

traf

fick

ing

of il

licit

dru

gs;

coor

dina

tes

inte

rnat

iona

l law

en

forc

emen

t ac

tivi

ties

; an

d fa

cilit

ates

sta

ble

crim

inal

jus

tice

sys

tem

s.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Cont

ract

ing

for

an in

depe

nden

t ev

alua

tion

of

key

assi

stan

ce a

ctiv

itie

s to

exa

min

e th

e pr

ogra

m's

mix

ed r

esul

ts a

nd le

ad

to c

orre

ctiv

e ac

tion

s.

• En

suri

ng t

hat

the

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent

syst

em c

an r

epor

t in

form

atio

n ne

eded

to

mak

e ef

fect

ive

stra

tegi

c pl

anni

ng

and

fund

ing

deci

sion

s.

• Li

nkin

g fu

ndin

g re

ques

ts f

or e

ach

com

pone

nt o

f th

e pr

ogra

m t

o pr

ogra

m g

oals

and

upd

atin

g pr

ogra

m m

easu

re t

arge

ts

as n

eces

sary

to

refl

ect

rece

nt p

rogr

am p

erfo

rman

ce.

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artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Eval

uati

on c

urre

ntly

on

hold

. Bu

reau

is in

the

pro

cess

impl

emen

ting

the

new

fin

anci

al m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e M

igra

tion

and

Ref

ugee

Ass

ista

nce

– O

ther

Pop

ulat

ion,

Ref

ugee

and

Mig

rati

on P

rogr

ams

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

is p

rogr

am a

ddre

sses

ref

ugee

and

mig

rati

on n

eeds

by

prov

idin

g fu

ndin

g to

NG

Os

and

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Org

aniz

atio

n fo

r M

igra

tion

. Pr

otec

tion

fro

m g

ende

r-ba

sed

viol

ence

and

tra

ffic

king

in p

erso

ns a

re h

igh

prio

riti

es in

thi

s pr

ogra

m a

rea.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Expa

ndin

g fo

rmal

mon

itor

ing

and

eval

uati

on o

f pr

ogra

ms

for

prio

rity

act

ivit

ies.

Impr

ovin

g pr

esen

tati

on o

f bu

dget

info

rmat

ion

to in

clud

e st

rong

er li

nks

betw

een

NG

O f

undi

ng le

vels

and

ant

icip

ated

pr

ogra

m p

erfo

rman

ce in

pro

tect

ion,

ass

ista

nce,

and

dur

able

sol

utio

ns.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e M

igra

tion

and

Ref

ugee

Ass

ista

nce

– Pr

otec

tion

and

Dur

able

Sol

utio

ns

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e U

nite

d St

ates

aim

s to

pro

tect

ref

ugee

s, c

onfl

ict

vict

ims,

and

inte

rnal

ly d

ispl

aced

per

sons

thr

ough

con

trib

utio

ns t

o th

e In

tern

atio

nal C

omm

itte

e of

the

Red

Cro

ss a

nd t

he U

nite

d N

atio

ns H

igh

Com

mis

sion

er f

or R

efug

ees.

Vol

unta

ry r

etur

n, lo

cal

inte

grat

ions

and

thi

rd-c

ount

ry r

eset

tlem

ent

are

the

dura

ble

solu

tion

s fo

r re

fuge

e si

tuat

ions

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Impr

ovin

g an

d st

anda

rdiz

ing

the

prog

ram

's bu

dget

pre

sent

atio

n do

cum

ents

to

ensu

re t

hat

budg

et r

eque

sts

are

clea

rly

linke

d to

pro

gram

goa

ls a

nd p

erfo

rman

ce m

easu

res.

Revi

ewin

g th

e fi

ndin

gs o

f th

e 20

06 In

spec

tor

Gen

eral

's re

view

of

the

Bure

au a

nd a

ddre

ss a

ny a

reas

for

impr

ovem

ent

iden

tifi

ed f

or t

he p

rote

ctio

n an

d du

rabl

e so

luti

ons

prog

ram

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

The

2006

Insp

ecto

r G

ener

al’s

rev

iew

of

the

Bure

au d

id n

ot id

enti

fy a

ny a

reas

for

impr

ovem

ent

for

the

prot

ecti

on a

nd d

urab

le

solu

tion

s pr

ogra

m.

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RT

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es

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artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e M

ilita

ry A

ssis

tanc

e to

New

NA

TO a

nd N

ATO

Asp

iran

t N

atio

ns

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e pr

ogra

m p

rovi

des

U.S

. m

ilita

ry e

quip

men

t, s

ervi

ces,

and

tra

inin

g to

the

gov

ernm

ents

of

coun

trie

s th

at h

ave

rece

ntly

joi

ned

or b

een

offe

red

mem

bers

hip

in t

he N

orth

Atl

anti

c Tr

eaty

Org

aniz

atio

n (N

ATO

) in

clud

ing

the

Czec

h Re

publ

ic,

Hun

gary

, Po

land

, Es

toni

a, L

atvi

a, L

ithu

ania

, Bu

lgar

ia,

and

Rom

ania

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Pres

sing

new

and

asp

iran

t N

ATO

nat

ions

tha

t ar

e la

ggin

g on

def

ense

ref

orm

eff

orts

to

mak

e ne

cess

ary

impr

ovem

ents

.

• En

suri

ng t

hat

all A

llies

pos

sess

the

mili

tary

cap

abili

ties

req

uire

d fo

r fu

ture

NAT

O A

llian

ce o

pera

tion

s.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

All a

ctio

ns c

ompl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e N

on-S

ecur

ity

Emba

ssy

Cons

truc

tion

Pro

gram

PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

purp

ose

of t

he n

on-s

ecur

ity

capi

tal c

onst

ruct

ion

prog

ram

is t

o co

nstr

uct

secu

re,

safe

, an

d fu

ncti

onal

fac

iliti

es f

or U

.S.

Dip

lom

atic

and

Con

sula

te M

issi

ons

abro

ad.

Prog

ram

act

ivit

ies

incl

ude

plan

ning

, pr

ogra

mm

ing,

des

ign,

and

con

stru

ctio

n of

New

Em

bass

y an

d Co

nsul

ate

Com

poun

ds.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Rest

ruct

urin

g no

n-se

curi

ty c

onst

ruct

ion

prog

ram

to

elim

inat

e re

dund

ancy

. Th

e pr

ogra

m w

ill e

volv

e in

to a

new

pro

gram

ca

lled

the

Stra

tegi

c Ca

pita

l Pro

gram

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

All a

ctio

ns c

ompl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e N

onpr

olif

erat

ion

and

Dis

arm

amen

t Fu

nd

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e N

onpr

olif

erat

ion

and

Dis

arm

amen

t Fu

nd s

uppo

rts

proj

ects

tha

t ha

lt t

he p

rolif

erat

ion

of n

ucle

ar,

radi

olog

ical

, bi

olog

ical

and

ch

emic

al w

eapo

ns;

dest

roy

exis

ting

wea

pons

of

mas

s de

stru

ctio

n an

d re

late

d se

nsit

ive

mat

eria

ls;

and

cont

rol a

nd s

ecur

e da

nger

ous

mat

eria

ls.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Eval

uati

ng lo

ng-t

erm

per

form

ance

mea

sure

s an

d w

orki

ng t

o en

sure

tha

t al

l pro

ject

s ap

prov

ed f

or p

rogr

am f

undi

ng m

eet

cost

, sc

hedu

le a

nd p

erfo

rman

ce g

oals

. •

Dec

reas

ing

the

rati

o of

adm

inis

trat

ive

cost

s to

ove

rall

prog

ram

leve

l bel

ow f

ive

perc

ent.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

All a

ctio

ns c

ompl

eted

.

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artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e N

onpr

olif

erat

ion

of W

eapo

ns o

f M

ass

Des

truc

tion

Exp

erti

se

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e N

onpr

olif

erat

ion

of W

eapo

ns o

f M

ass

Des

truc

tion

Exp

erti

se p

rogr

am s

eeks

to

redi

rect

the

wor

k of

for

mer

WM

D s

cien

tist

s an

d te

chni

cian

s in

the

for

mer

Sov

iet

Uni

on a

nd e

lsew

here

fro

m e

ffor

ts t

hat

mig

ht h

arm

the

U.S

. to

war

d pe

acef

ul a

nd

econ

omic

ally

sus

tain

ing

wor

k.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Revi

ewin

g th

e fe

asib

ility

of

long

-ter

m t

rack

ing

of p

arti

cipa

ting

sci

enti

st a

ctiv

itie

s to

dem

onst

rate

long

-ter

m p

rogr

am

succ

ess.

Enga

ging

Rus

sia

and

othe

r co

untr

ies

to e

nsur

e pr

ogra

m c

onti

nuit

y an

d su

cces

s, a

nd e

xpan

ding

the

pro

gram

to

new

co

untr

ies

of c

once

rn s

uch

as Ir

aq a

nd L

ibya

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Ukr

aini

an N

atio

nal A

cade

my

of S

cien

ces

will

rai

se it

s fi

nanc

ial c

ontr

ibut

ions

in 2

007.

Ann

ual a

udit

pla

nnin

g co

nfer

ence

es

tabl

ishe

d 20

07 a

udit

sch

edul

e.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Pe

ace

Keep

ing

Ope

rati

ons

– O

rgan

izat

ion

for

Secu

rity

and

Coo

pera

tion

in E

urop

e Pr

ogra

ms

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

is p

rogr

am p

rovi

des

fund

ing

to t

he O

rgan

izat

ion

for

Secu

rity

and

Coo

pera

tion

in E

urop

e to

sup

port

sta

bilit

y op

erat

ions

in t

he

inde

pend

ent

stat

es o

f th

e Fo

rmer

Sov

iet

Uni

on a

nd s

outh

east

ern

Euro

pe in

clud

ing

Bosn

ia a

nd H

erze

govi

na,

and

Croa

tia.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Ensu

ring

tha

t m

anag

ers

and

prog

ram

par

tner

s ar

e he

ld a

ccou

ntab

le f

or k

ey p

rogr

am r

esul

ts.

Prio

riti

zing

fun

ding

for

thi

s ac

tivi

ty w

ithi

n re

gion

al a

lloca

tion

s in

the

Sup

port

for

Eas

t Eu

rope

an D

emoc

racy

and

FR

EED

OM

Sup

port

Act

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

All a

ctio

ns c

ompl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Pr

esid

ent'

s Em

erge

ncy

Plan

For

AID

S Re

lief:

Foc

us C

ount

ries

PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

purp

ose

of t

he P

resi

dent

's Em

erge

ncy

Plan

for

AID

S Re

lief,

a f

ive

year

, $1

5 bi

llion

init

iati

ve,

is t

o tu

rn t

he t

ide

agai

nst

the

glob

al H

IV/A

IDS

pand

emic

. Th

e fo

cus

coun

try

effo

rt is

to

brin

g to

sca

le H

IV/A

IDS

trea

tmen

t, c

are

and

prev

enti

on p

rogr

ams

in 1

5 na

tion

s of

the

wor

ld w

here

the

nee

d is

mos

t ur

gent

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Esta

blis

hing

and

impl

emen

ting

a s

yste

m t

o ca

ptur

e pr

ogra

m e

xpen

ditu

res

(out

lays

) by

cou

ntry

.

• U

nder

taki

ng a

n in

tern

al r

evie

w o

f bu

dget

allo

cati

ons

to f

ocus

cou

ntri

es b

ased

on

perf

orm

ance

dat

a an

d pi

pelin

e ca

paci

ty.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

The

Off

ice

of t

he G

loba

l AID

S Co

ordi

nato

r us

ed b

oth

coun

try

perf

orm

ance

dat

a as

wel

l as

pipe

line

data

to

deve

lop

FY 2

007

coun

try

budg

ets.

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es

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artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

008

Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e Pr

esid

ent'

s Em

erge

ncy

Plan

For

AID

S Re

lief:

Glo

bal F

und

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e G

loba

l Fun

d to

Fig

ht A

IDS,

Tub

ercu

losi

s an

d M

alar

ia is

an

inte

rnat

iona

l eff

ort

to m

anag

e an

d di

sbur

se r

esou

rces

to

redu

ce

infe

ctio

ns,

illne

ss a

nd d

eath

fro

m H

IV/A

IDS,

tub

ercu

losi

s an

d m

alar

ia.

The

Uni

ted

Stat

es c

ontr

ibut

es t

o th

is m

ulti

late

ral e

ffor

t to

add

ress

the

se d

isea

ses

and

to e

ncou

rage

oth

er c

ount

ries

to

incr

ease

the

ir c

ontr

ibut

ions

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Wor

king

wit

h th

e G

loba

l Fun

d Se

cret

aria

t an

d ot

her

dono

r co

untr

ies

to d

evel

op a

nnua

l per

form

ance

mea

sure

s th

at

dem

onst

rate

impa

ct a

nd c

aptu

re d

ata

repo

rted

ly c

olle

cted

by

each

gra

ntee

. •

Impr

ovin

g th

e G

loba

l Fun

d's

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent

prac

tice

s.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Agre

ed u

pon

annu

al p

erfo

rman

ce m

easu

res

and

deve

lope

d to

ols

to in

crea

se t

he q

ualit

y of

info

rmat

ion

repo

rted

by

gran

t re

cipi

ents

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Pr

esid

ent's

Em

erge

ncy

Plan

For

AID

S Re

lief:

Oth

er B

ilate

ral P

rogr

ams

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e U

.S.

Gov

ernm

ent’

s ot

her

bila

tera

l HIV

/AID

S pr

ogra

ms

incr

ease

the

qua

lity

and

capa

city

of

nati

onal

HIV

/AID

S pr

even

tion

, tr

eatm

ent,

and

car

e pr

ogra

ms

in m

ore

than

100

cou

ntri

es a

s pa

rt o

f th

e U

SG e

ffor

t to

tur

n th

e ti

de a

gain

st t

he g

loba

l HIV

/AID

S ep

idem

ic.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Com

plet

ing

impl

emen

tati

on o

f U

SAID

's ne

w f

inan

cial

man

agem

ent

syst

ems

disc

usse

d ab

ove.

Prov

idin

g an

agg

ress

ive

targ

et t

o m

easu

re t

he p

rogr

am's

long

-ter

m a

chie

vem

ents

. •

Inst

itut

ing

a sy

stem

tha

t O

ther

Bila

tera

l cou

ntri

es w

ill u

se t

o pl

an f

utur

e ye

ar p

rogr

amm

ing

and

repo

rt o

n pa

st y

ear

resu

lts.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

USA

ID c

ompl

eted

impl

emen

tati

on o

f it

s ne

w f

inan

cial

man

agem

ent

syst

em.

Iden

tifi

ed a

new

mea

sure

wit

h ag

gres

sive

tar

gets

to

effe

ctiv

ely

capt

ure

the

long

-ter

m o

utco

mes

of

acti

viti

es in

the

oth

er

bila

tera

l cou

ntri

es.

Inst

itut

ed a

sys

tem

tha

t O

ther

Bila

tera

l cou

ntri

es w

ill u

se t

o pl

an f

utur

e ye

ar p

rogr

amm

ing

and

repo

rt o

n pa

st y

ear

resu

lts.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Pr

otec

tion

of

Fore

ign

Mis

sion

s an

d O

ffic

ials

PA

RT S

umm

ary

This

pro

gram

ens

ures

the

phy

sica

l pro

tect

ion

of v

isit

ing

dign

itar

ies

to t

he U

nite

d St

ates

. It

is t

he o

nly

USG

pro

gram

tha

t re

imbu

rses

law

enf

orce

men

t fo

r ex

trao

rdin

ary

prot

ecti

on s

ervi

ces

to f

orei

gn d

igni

tari

es a

nd d

iplo

mat

s cu

rren

tly

wor

king

in o

r vi

siti

ng t

he U

nite

d St

ates

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Prov

idin

g m

ore

cons

iste

nt d

ata

for

mea

sure

s.

• Li

nkin

g bu

dget

req

uest

s to

exp

ecte

d pe

rfor

man

ce a

nd o

utco

mes

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Bure

au o

f D

iplo

mat

ic S

ecur

ity

to c

ondu

ct m

anag

emen

t re

view

of

the

prog

ram

.

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Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e Pu

blic

Dip

lom

acy

PART

Sum

mar

y Pu

blic

Dip

lom

acy

prog

ram

s ar

ticu

late

the

for

eign

pol

icy

obje

ctiv

es o

f th

e U

.S.,

ens

ure

a be

tter

app

reci

atio

n fo

r th

e U

.S.

abro

ad,

and

help

cre

ate

an in

tern

atio

nal e

nvir

onm

ent

rece

ptiv

e to

U.S

. in

tere

sts.

Pub

lic D

iplo

mac

y al

so p

rovi

des

U.S

. po

licy-

mak

ers

wit

h in

form

atio

n ab

out

how

the

U.S

. an

d it

s ac

tion

s ar

e pe

rcei

ved

abro

ad.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Com

plet

e de

velo

pmen

t of

per

form

ance

mea

sure

men

t fr

amew

ork

and

obta

in d

ata

for

base

lines

and

iden

tify

am

biti

ous

targ

ets.

Dev

elop

ove

rarc

hing

U.S

. G

over

nmen

t st

rate

gic

plan

for

inte

rage

ncy

publ

ic d

iplo

mac

y ef

fort

s. E

stab

lish

inte

grat

ed

stra

tegi

c pl

an f

or p

ublic

dip

lom

acy

prog

ram

s w

ith

the

Dep

artm

ent

of S

tate

.

• Pr

ovid

e re

sour

ce r

eque

sts

wit

h di

rect

link

s be

twee

n fu

ndin

g le

vels

and

per

form

ance

obj

ecti

ves

and

goal

s.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Re

fuge

e A

dmis

sion

s to

the

U.S

. PA

RT S

umm

ary

Prov

ides

ref

ugee

s of

spe

cial

hum

anit

aria

n co

ncer

n to

the

U.S

. th

e op

port

unit

y to

res

ettl

e in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

Thro

ugh

NG

Os

and

inte

rnat

iona

l org

aniz

atio

ns,

the

prog

ram

ass

ists

ref

ugee

s th

roug

h th

e ov

erse

as a

dmit

tanc

e pr

oces

s as

wel

l as

thro

ugh

accl

imat

ion

to li

fe in

the

U.S

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Wor

king

wit

h Co

ngre

ss t

o in

crea

se t

he b

udge

t fo

r th

is p

rogr

am in

ord

er t

o co

ntin

ue in

crea

sing

the

num

ber

of r

efug

ees

rese

ttle

d in

the

U.S

. •

Alig

ning

the

bud

get

requ

est

wit

h th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

of t

he a

nnua

l cei

ling

for

refu

gee

adm

issi

ons.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

The

Adm

inis

trat

ion

will

wor

k to

mor

e cl

osel

y al

ign

the

budg

et r

eque

st w

ith

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

the

ann

ual c

eilin

g fo

r re

fuge

e ad

mis

sion

s.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Se

curi

ty A

ssis

tanc

e fo

r N

ear

East

PA

RT S

umm

ary

Secu

rity

ass

ista

nce

to t

he N

ear

East

reg

ion

prom

otes

U.S

. na

tion

al s

ecur

ity

by:

prev

enti

ng a

nd r

espo

ndin

g to

ter

rori

sm;

stre

ngth

enin

g m

ilita

ry t

o m

ilita

ry t

ies;

pro

mot

ing

civi

lian

cont

rol o

f th

e m

ilita

ry a

nd r

espe

ct f

or h

uman

rig

hts;

and

fur

ther

ing

the

abili

ty t

o op

erat

e in

pea

ce s

uppo

rt o

pera

tion

s.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

The

Dep

artm

ent

is t

akin

g st

eps

to im

prov

e co

nsis

tenc

y an

d re

port

ing

of h

uman

rig

hts

revi

ews

for

U.S

.-sp

onso

red

secu

rity

tra

inin

g.

• Th

e D

epar

tmen

t w

ill w

ork

to e

stab

lish

coun

try-

spec

ific

obj

ecti

ves

for

mili

tary

ass

ista

nce

that

sup

port

U.S

. po

licy

goal

s of

the

mili

tary

ass

ista

nce

prog

ram

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

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es

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FY 2

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Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e Se

curi

ty A

ssis

tanc

e fo

r th

e W

este

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emis

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umm

ary

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rity

ass

ista

nce

to t

he W

este

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emis

pher

e in

clud

es g

rant

s to

pur

chas

e U

.S.

mili

tary

equ

ipm

ent,

ser

vice

s, a

nd t

rain

ing.

Th

ese

prog

ram

s st

reng

then

mili

tary

and

pol

itic

al r

efor

m,

prom

ote

ties

bet

wee

n m

ilita

ry f

orce

s, p

rom

ote

coun

ter-

drug

eff

orts

, an

d su

ppor

t ov

eral

l U.S

. se

curi

ty g

oals

and

obj

ecti

ves.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Prop

osin

g se

curi

ty a

ssis

tanc

e fu

ndin

g le

vels

tha

t en

able

mor

e ro

bust

cou

nter

-dru

g pr

ogra

ms

in C

olom

bia

and

the

Ande

an

regi

on a

nd t

hat

prom

ote

regi

onal

per

sonn

el e

xcha

nges

. •

Coor

dina

ting

ann

ual b

udge

ts b

etw

een

the

Stat

e an

d D

efen

se D

epar

tmen

ts t

o de

velo

p m

ore

spec

ific

long

-ter

m g

oals

wit

h ti

mef

ram

es.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

All a

ctio

ns c

ompl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Se

curi

ty A

ssis

tanc

e to

Sub

-Sah

aran

Afr

ica

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e U

.S.

prov

ides

a w

ide

rang

e of

mili

tary

ass

ista

nce

to S

ub-S

ahar

an A

fric

a co

untr

ies

incl

udin

g eq

uipm

ent,

ser

vice

s, a

nd

trai

ning

. Th

is a

ssis

tanc

e pr

omot

es p

eace

and

sta

bilit

y, d

evel

ops

indi

geno

us A

fric

an p

eace

keep

ing

and

hum

anit

aria

n re

spon

se

capa

bilit

ies,

and

cre

ates

mor

e pr

ofes

sion

al A

fric

an m

ilita

ries

.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Eval

uati

ng a

nd r

efin

ing

the

perf

orm

ance

mea

sure

for

the

se p

rogr

ams

to e

nsur

e th

at t

hey

prov

ide

usef

ul in

form

atio

n to

in

form

man

agem

ent,

bud

get

and

polic

y de

cisi

ons.

Inst

itut

ing

perf

orm

ance

met

rics

for

glo

bal p

eace

keep

ing

trai

ning

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Eval

uate

and

str

engt

hen

perf

orm

ance

mea

sure

to

ensu

re t

hat

they

info

rm m

anag

emen

t, b

udge

t an

d po

licy

deci

sion

s.

Prog

ram

Nam

e So

uth

Asi

a M

ilita

ry A

ssis

tanc

e PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

U.S

. pr

ovid

es a

wid

e ra

nge

of m

ilita

ry a

ssis

tanc

e to

cou

ntri

es in

Sou

th A

sia

incl

udin

g eq

uipm

ent,

ser

vice

s, a

nd t

rain

ing.

Th

is a

ssis

tanc

e pr

omot

es p

eace

and

sta

bilit

y, d

evel

ops

secu

rity

for

ces

and

crea

tes

mor

e pr

ofes

sion

al m

ilita

ries

, an

d pr

omot

es

resp

ect

for

hum

an r

ight

s.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Inco

rpor

atin

g se

curi

ty a

ssis

tanc

e pl

ans

for

Sout

h As

ia c

ount

ries

wit

hin

the

budg

et j

usti

fica

tion

for

mili

tary

ass

ista

nce

prog

ram

s.

• Re

view

ing

Sout

h As

ia m

ilita

ry a

ssis

tanc

e pl

anni

ng f

or b

est

prac

tice

s th

at c

an b

e ap

plie

d to

per

form

ance

and

bud

geta

ry

plan

ning

for

ass

ista

nce

to o

ther

reg

ions

of

the

wor

ld.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Plan

to

inco

rpor

ate

secu

rity

ass

ista

nce

plan

s in

to b

udge

t ju

stif

icat

ion.

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artm

ent o

f Sta

te

FY 2

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Per

form

ance

Sum

mar

y

Prog

ram

Nam

e Su

ppor

t fo

r Ea

st E

urop

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Dem

ocra

cy/F

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om S

uppo

rt A

ct

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e O

ffic

e of

the

Coo

rdin

ator

of

U.S

. As

sist

ance

to

Euro

pe a

nd E

uras

ia is

res

pons

ible

for

str

ateg

ic p

lann

ing,

bud

geti

ng,

and

perf

orm

ance

mea

sure

men

t fo

r U

.S.

Gov

ernm

ent

assi

stan

ce t

o th

e Ce

ntra

l and

Eas

tern

Eur

opea

n an

d Eu

rasi

an c

ount

ries

in

tend

ed t

o pr

omot

e de

moc

rati

c, e

cono

mic

and

oth

er t

ypes

of

refo

rm.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Impl

emen

ting

rec

omm

enda

tion

s of

a r

ecen

tly

cond

ucte

d ev

alua

tion

, in

clud

ing

furt

her

clar

ifyi

ng a

nd c

omm

unic

atin

g th

e Co

ordi

nato

r's m

anda

te a

nd im

prov

ing

rela

tion

s w

ith

regi

onal

pro

gram

man

agem

ent.

Fina

lizin

g gu

idan

ce t

o ad

dres

s is

sues

of

coor

dina

tion

, ov

ersi

ght

of p

erfo

rman

ce,

and

reso

urce

allo

cati

on a

nd

diss

emin

atin

g to

all

invo

lved

in U

.S.

assi

stan

ce t

o Eu

rope

and

Eur

asia

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

All a

ctio

ns c

ompl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e Te

rror

ist

Inte

rdic

tion

Pro

gram

PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

Terr

oris

t In

terd

icti

on P

rogr

am p

rovi

des

fore

ign

gove

rnm

ents

wit

h a

secu

re d

atab

ase

syst

em t

hat

enab

les

bord

er c

ontr

ol

offi

cial

s to

qui

ckly

iden

tify

and

det

ain

or t

rack

sus

pect

per

sons

see

king

to

cros

s th

eir

bord

ers

and

colle

ct,

com

pare

, an

d an

alyz

e tr

avel

er d

ata.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Taki

ng a

ctio

n to

tie

fun

ding

req

uest

s to

key

indi

cato

rs o

f th

e pr

ogra

m.

• Im

prov

ing

coor

dina

tion

wit

h ot

her

com

plem

enta

ry U

SG p

rogr

ams

to e

nsur

e th

at a

com

preh

ensi

ve a

ppro

ach

is p

ursu

ed t

o ad

dres

s a

host

nat

ion'

s bo

rder

con

trol

vul

nera

bilit

ies.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

Prog

ram

Nam

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns H

igh

Com

mis

sion

er f

or R

efug

ees

PART

Sum

mar

y Th

e U

nite

d St

ates

' con

trib

utio

n to

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Hig

h Co

mm

issi

oner

for

Ref

ugee

s is

a m

ajor

com

pone

nt o

f th

e St

ate

Dep

artm

ent's

com

preh

ensi

ve r

espo

nse

to t

he p

rote

ctio

n an

d as

sist

ance

nee

ds o

f re

fuge

es.

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

Supp

orti

ng t

he p

rote

ctio

n ac

tivi

ties

and

init

iati

ves

of t

he H

igh

Com

mis

sion

er f

or R

efug

ees.

Fina

lizin

g im

plem

enta

tion

of

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent

and

supp

ly c

hain

sys

tem

.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

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es

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ent o

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Per

form

ance

Sum

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Prog

ram

Nam

e U

S Em

bass

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Secu

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Upg

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The

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ose

of t

he U

S Em

bass

y Co

mpo

und

Secu

rity

Upg

rade

s pr

ogra

m is

to

prov

ide

phys

ical

sec

urit

y up

grad

es t

o U

.S.

dipl

omat

ic f

acili

ties

ove

rsea

s to

bet

ter

prot

ect

build

ings

, pe

ople

, an

d op

erat

ions

. Th

e pr

ogra

m p

rim

arily

tar

gets

fac

iliti

es n

ot

sche

dule

d fo

r fu

ll, n

ew e

mba

ssy

com

poun

d co

nstr

ucti

on.

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ovem

ent

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Act

ions

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elop

a r

efin

ed lo

ng-r

ange

pro

ject

s pl

an b

y Ja

nuar

y 20

07 f

or F

Y 20

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thro

ugh

exte

nsiv

e su

rvey

s at

ove

rsea

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sts

as p

art

of a

n in

-dep

th r

eeva

luat

ion

of r

equi

rem

ents

and

cos

ts.

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ce t

ime

need

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or p

roje

ct p

lann

ing

by a

t le

ast

15 p

erce

nt in

the

FY2

007-

2010

per

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by

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inat

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the

leas

t re

leva

nt a

spec

ts o

f th

e pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss a

nd in

crea

sing

pro

cess

sta

ndar

diza

tion

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te d

atab

ases

of

inst

alle

d ph

ysic

al s

ecur

ity

feat

ures

at

over

seas

pos

ts t

o be

bet

ter

able

to

mea

sure

mea

n-ti

mes

-to

repa

ir/r

epla

cem

ent,

ana

lyze

pos

sibl

e de

fici

enci

es,

and

impr

ove

futu

re p

rodu

cts.

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us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

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Prog

ram

Nam

e Vi

sa a

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onsu

lar

Serv

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PA

RT S

umm

ary

The

prog

ram

pro

tect

s U

.S.

citi

zens

in U

.S.

and

abro

ad a

nd s

afeg

uard

s U

.S.

bord

ers

thro

ugh

prog

ram

s, p

roce

sses

and

sys

tem

s.

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ular

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airs

adm

inis

ters

law

s, f

orm

ulat

es r

egul

atio

ns a

nd im

plem

ents

pol

icie

s re

lati

ng t

o th

e ad

judi

cati

on o

f vi

sa a

nd

pass

port

app

licat

ions

and

a b

road

ran

ge o

f co

nsul

ar s

ervi

ces

prov

ided

to

U.S

. ci

tize

ns.

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ovem

ent

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Act

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emen

ting

new

sur

char

ges

to a

ddre

ss s

hort

falls

in f

ee r

even

ues

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to p

ay f

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itia

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s.

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plem

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t an

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velo

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vel d

ocum

ent

opti

ons

in c

onsu

ltat

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h ot

her

rele

vant

age

ncie

s.

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us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

.

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ram

Nam

e W

orld

wid

e Se

curi

ty U

pgra

des

PART

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mar

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ppor

ts U

.S.

fore

ign

polic

y ob

ject

ives

by

prov

idin

g a

secu

re w

ork

envi

ronm

ent

thro

ugh

the

prot

ecti

on o

f Am

eric

an li

ves,

pr

oper

ty a

nd in

form

atio

n ov

erse

as a

nd d

omes

tica

lly f

rom

att

acks

by

fore

ign

terr

oris

t an

d ot

her

harm

ful e

ntit

ies.

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ovem

ent

Plan

Act

ions

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enti

ng r

esou

rce

requ

ests

in a

com

plet

e an

d tr

ansp

aren

t m

anne

r; a

nd li

nkin

g re

sour

ces

to p

rogr

am a

ctiv

itie

s.

• Re

view

ing

on-g

oing

ver

sus

new

pro

gram

s an

d in

itia

tive

s in

rel

atio

n to

the

bud

get

in o

rder

to

impr

ove

prio

riti

zati

on.

Stat

us o

f A

ctio

ns

Acti

ons

take

n bu

t no

t co

mpl

eted

172

PA

RT

Tabl

es

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ffic

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impr

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fi

nanc

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ost

savi

ngs;

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gui

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and

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pro

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cos

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se m

easu

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all

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ted

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enti

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unds

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avai

labl

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l Dep

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ent

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tate

PAR

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ms

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leas

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appr

oved

eff

icie

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lace

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gh d

ata

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thes

e m

easu

res

has

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been

con

sist

entl

y re

cord

ed o

r up

date

d in

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B’s

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Web

dat

abas

e. T

he m

ajor

ity

of e

ffic

ienc

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easu

res

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k “A

dmin

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ativ

e Ef

fici

ency

,”

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adm

inis

trat

ive

cost

s ve

rsus

pro

gram

cos

ts.

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rev

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iden

tifi

ed a

set

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cato

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ad t

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ngs

thro

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impr

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ope

rati

onal

ef

fici

enci

es o

r im

prov

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inan

cial

per

form

ance

. N

o do

llar

amou

nts

are

assi

gned

to

the

maj

orit

y of

the

se m

easu

res.

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ee e

ffic

ienc

y m

easu

res

wer

e id

enti

fied

as

“Pr

ogra

m E

ffec

tive

ness

Mea

sure

s”-

thes

e m

easu

res

coul

d le

ad t

o id

enti

fyin

g fu

nds

that

wou

ld b

ecom

e av

aila

ble

once

tar

gets

wer

e ac

hiev

ed.

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dolla

r am

ount

s ar

e pr

esen

tly

assi

gned

to

Prog

ram

Eff

ecti

vene

ss M

easu

res.

PA

RT

Tabl

es

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