AUD-MERO-20-40-04

OIG recommends that the Office of Overseas Employment develop guidance requiring that regional bureaus actively involve U.S. Direct Hire supervisors in decisions to recertify locally employed staff as caretakers in accordance with established policy. Information gathered from U.S. Direct Hire supervisors should include, but not be limited to, data on the extent to which employees are regularly reporting to work, data on those employees who may require updated work plans or job reassignments, data on those employees who are no longer living in the host country, and the extent to which ongoing duties assigned to locally employed staff continue to be mission essential.