Compliance Follow-up Review of the Review of the Department of State Disciplinary Process

The Bureau of Human Resources should update the guides for supervisors of Foreign Service and Civil Service employees so they contain the latest Department guidance on disciplinary issues.

The Bureau of Human Resources should revise the Foreign Service employee evaluation report instructions to include a duty that supervisors address misconduct by subordinates.

The Bureau of Human Resources should implement a standard operating procedure to review delegated authority agreements and establish a mechanism by which the Bureau of Human Resources will evaluate delegated bureaus’ performance in administering personnel actions.

The Bureau of Human Resources should implement a recusal policy for officials in the Bureau of Human Resources and bureaus with delegated authority.