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The Bureau of Consular Affairs should restructure the Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls as a proactive tool for establishing clear objectives, assessing risk, communicating relevant information, and continually monitoring management controls using SharePoint or other appropriate knowledge management vehicle.
The Bureau of Consular Affairs should implement standard procedures for using aggregated data and individual Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls responses to identify and assess risk and to determine how risk is to be managed.
The Bureau of Consular Affairs should report annual findings based on the Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls to the Assistant Secretary.
The Bureau of Consular Affairs should implement a policy for sharing relevant data and information derived from the Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls with managers and staff members in domestic directorates.
The Bureau of Consular Affairs should implement procedures to continuously monitor compliance with overseas management control activities.
The Bureau of Consular Affairs should require the Office of the Executive Director, in coordination with other domestic directorates and overseas consular managers, to conduct a thorough, systematic review of the Annual Certification of Consular Management Controls to formulate questions that conform to Federal management controls standards.