Inspection of Embassy Muscat, Oman

Embassy Muscat, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should comply with anti-trafficking-in-persons requirements for all procurements greater than $3,000.

The Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs should develop an annual global Post Partnership Program plan, including performance goals, for Embassy Muscat.

Embassy Muscat should require the political/economic section to retire its files in accordance with Department of State regulations.

Embassy Muscat should provide training to the office management assistant in the political/economic section on the archiving of electronic records.

Embassy Muscat, in coordination with the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Affairs, should propose a memorandum of understanding on cost sharing of external border and security training provided to the Royal Omani Police.

Embassy Muscat should provide needed training to the program administrator for the external border and security unit in the political/economic section.

Embassy Muscat should monitor and evaluate all its grants and maintain the documentation in its files.

Embassy Muscat should establish a structured orientation and training program for new consular section employees.

Embassy Muscat should perform the full range of nonimmigrant visa adjudication reviews in accordance with Department of State regulations.

Embassy Muscat should define the roles and responsibilities of the translation unit and place the unit within the appropriate section.

Embassy Muscat should eliminate the translator/interpreter duty roster.

Embassy Muscat should develop a plan to enforce Department of State human resources-related policies and to correct the inadequate documentation in existing files.

Embassy Muscat, in coordination with the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and the Bureau of Human Resources, should examine and report on the possibility of recruiting expatriates from outside Oman.

The Bureau of Human Resources, in coordination with Embassy Muscat, should approve enrollment of Omani locally employed staff in a retirement system.

The Bureau of Human Resources, in coordination with the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, should update its 2010 study of Gulf Cooperation Council posts and recommend ways to improve the compensation package for locally employed staff members in these countries.

Embassy Muscat, in coordination with the Bureau of Human Resources, should submit justification to determine whether Muscat's expatriate staff warrants an annual homeward passage benefit.

Embassy Muscat, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should register all contracting officer’s representatives in the Federal Acquisition Certification Program online system.

Embassy Muscat should require all incidental drivers to complete medical exams and certifications before driving official vehicles.

Embassy Muscat should transfer all expendable and nonexpendable property records to a Department of State-approved system.

Embassy Muscat should convene an International Cooperative Administration Support Services working group to analyze issues with residential maintenance services, propose solutions to the International Cooperative Administration Support Services council, and monitor implementation of a plan to improve services.

The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, in coordination with Embassy Muscat, should conduct a comprehensive space planning survey for the chancery.

Embassy Muscat should provide Foreign Service Institute leadership training to the information management officer for his assigned position grade level.

Embassy Muscat should implement a standard operating procedure for its information technology configuration control board and disseminate it to embassy personnel.

Embassy Muscat should implement procedures for testing the unclassified information technology contingency plan in accordance with Department of State regulations.

Embassy Muscat should provide the 8-hour Equal Employment Opportunity refresher course to the embassy’s counselors.