Inspection of Embassy Tunis, Tunisia

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs should require the Ambassador to enroll in the individualized leadership coaching program offered by the Foreign Service Institute’s Leadership and Management School.

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs should require that the deputy chief of mission enroll in the individualized leadership coaching program offered by the Foreign Service Institute’s Leadership and Management School.

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, in coordination with Embassy Tunis, should initiate a Vital Presence Validation Process decision memorandum for the approval of the Deputy Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources prior to modifying current staffing levels at Embassy Tunis.

Embassy Tunis, in coordination with the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, should establish a formal policy to document all Embassy Tripoli Libyan locally employed staff members working at Embassy Tunis.

Embassy Tunis, in coordination with the Office of Foreign Assistance Resources, should establish a process to comply with the monitoring and reporting requirements for grants recipients for the Tunisian American Enterprise Fund.

Embassy Tunis, in coordination with the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and the Office of Foreign Assistance Resources, should review the results of the U.S. Agency for International Development assessment of Tunisia’s democracy and governance needs and provide the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs with a recommended course of action on how to use Middle East Partnership Initiative funding effectively.

Embassy Tunis should require that employees adhere to Department of State guidance related to preserving record traffic by using record email.

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, in coordination with Embassy Tunis, the Office of Foreign Assistance Resources, and the Bureau of Budget and Planning, should conduct an evaluation in FY 2016 of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs program in Tunisia to identify areas of applicability and use.

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, in coordination with Embassy Tunis, should establish performance indicators for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs program in Tunisia.

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, in coordination with the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, should provide Embassy Tunis with guidance on the proper handling, storage, and monitoring of donated items subject to defense trade controls.

Embassy Tunis should establish a mission speakers program for direct hire employees, including first- and second-tour officers, to conduct outreach to Tunisian audiences.

Embassy Tunis should keep its official Web site information accurate and up to date.

Embassy Tunis should designate and train at least one certified grants officer representative.

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

Embassy Tunis should conduct regular outreach, including town hall meetings, with resident American citizens to recruit additional wardens and better inform current wardens of their responsibilities and their role in protecting U.S. citizens.

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Embassy Tunis, in coordination with the Bureau of Consular Affairs, should conduct validation studies for 2013 and 2014 for the annual referral study and a second study as required.

Embassy Tunis should require that all agencies fully participate in and contribute to the Visas Viper Program.

Embassy Tunis should develop a formal check-in/check-out policy and create a system to enforce the policy for both permanent direct-hire and temporary duty employees.

Embassy Tunis should develop and enforce a policy requiring employees to report detailed arrival dates and times from post to their timekeepers in order to adjust post allowances accurately.

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs should remind its posts, on an annual basis, to review and update their post reports.

Embassy Tunis should designate one of its management staff members to update the post report annually.

Embassy Tunis should establish a locally employed staff orientation program.

Embassy Tunis should convene an International Cooperative Administrative Support Services working group to study the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services locally employed staffing needs of the mission.

Embassy Tunis should complete all the requirements needed to designate the senior financial specialist as a locally employed staff certifying officer.

Embassy Tunis should conduct annual purchase card program reviews for FYs 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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

The Bureau of Diplomatic Security, in coordination with Embassy Tunis, should implement a driver training program for Embassy Tunis employees who drive armored vehicles.

Embassy Tunis should conduct and document periodic, unannounced spot checks of expendable and nonexpendable property.

Embassy Tunis should consolidate storage in the embassy compound warehouse.

Embassy Tunis should disseminate a management policy defining ongoing responsibilities for the installation, maintenance, and replacement of American Forces Network television systems in employee residences.

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Embassy Tunis should update and submit to the Office of Commissary and Recreational Affairs a plan to maintain the operation of the U.S. Government Employee Recreation Association.