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Embassy Tel Aviv, in coordination with Consulate General Jerusalem, should adopt a joint standard operating procedure to coordinate the tracking of pending transit permits for Consulate General Jerusalem locally employed staff and residents of Gaza and the West Bank invited to participate in U.S. Government-sponsored activities.
The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, in coordination with Embassy Tel Aviv, should assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the Middle East Regional Cooperation Program interagency agreement to determine whether to renew the Agreement.
Embassy Tel Aviv should comply with Federal records management policies for the Middle East Regional Cooperation program.
Embassy Tel Aviv, in coordination with the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and the Bureau of Human Resources, should eliminate one of its four office management specialist positions in the Economic and Political Sections.
Embassy Tel Aviv should complete and publish a Public Diplomacy Implementation Plan and a Public Diplomacy Country Context in accordance with Department guidance.
Embassy Tel Aviv should complete risk assessments and develop monitoring plans for Public Affairs Section Federal assistance awards using Departmentapproved formats.
Embassy Tel Aviv, in coordination with the Bureau of International Information Programs, should implement a strategic plan for the American Corner in Akko to meet minimum standards for American Spaces.
Embassy Tel Aviv should implement a consular fee deposit schedule and require daily and monthly fee collection reports at the Haifa Consular Agency that comply with Department standards for internal consular management controls.
Embassy Tel Aviv should require Haifa Consular Agency personnel to complete all required training and provide them the equipment necessary to access the Department system via internet to do so.
Embassy Tel Aviv should verify and document that required security work is performed to standard on all residences before residents move in and that residential leasing files and the Real Property Application are up to date.
Embassy Tel Aviv, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should sell the Hassadot property and put the $8 million in estimated sales proceeds to better use.
Embassy Tel Aviv should use building maintenance expense funding for its preventive maintenance programs.
Embassy Tel Aviv should require all chauffeurs and incidental drivers under Chief of Mission authority to take the required Smith Safety driver training.
Embassy Tel Aviv should require that all chauffeurs and incidental drivers under Chief of Mission authority have the appropriate medical clearances before driving U.S. Government vehicles.
Embassy Tel Aviv should implement a program to establish oversight of driver performance and enforce appropriate disciplinary procedures.
Embassy Tel Aviv should comply with the Department’s Motor Vehicle Safety Management Program policy to not exceed the daily 10-hour limit on duty shifts.
Embassy Tel Aviv should transfer the responsibility for maintaining shuttle bus coupons and gas cards from the cashier office to another section or seek a waiver from the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services to allow the cashiers to continue as custodians for the coupons and gas cards.
Embassy Tel Aviv should update all outdated locally employed staff position descriptions.
Embassy Tel Aviv should implement standard operating procedures for Information Systems Security Officer duties.
Embassy Tel Aviv should complete and test the information technology contingency plans for the unclassified and the classified networks and develop a process for periodically updating the plans as systems environments and resources change.
Embassy Tel Aviv should develop a plan for conducting initial and annual refresher contingency training for personnel based on their classified and unclassified information technology contingency planning roles and responsibilities.
Embassy Tel Aviv should implement standard operating procedures for managing and tracking dedicated internet networks and register those networks with the Bureau of Information Resource Management.
Embassy Tel Aviv should implement standard operating procedures for managing mobile devices that include authorization, issuance, tracking, and inventory.