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OIG recommends that the Bureau of Diplomatic Security Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Programs establish guidance and procedures to formalize and document the decision process used in the identification and selection of posts for Marine Security Guard detachments.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Diplomatic Security Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Programs establish a process to periodically reassess the worldwide allocation of Marine Security Guard detachments and adjust the assignment of Marine Security Guards among posts, as necessary, to maintain optimal allocation of available Marine Security Guard resources among all posts.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Diplomatic Security incorporate into the Foreign Affairs Manual (12 FAM 430) and the Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Marine Corps the formal guidance and procedures to be used in the identification and selection of posts for Marine Security Guard detachments and the periodic reassessment and reallocation of available Marine Security Guard detachments among all posts.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Diplomatic Security Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Programs, in consultation with the U.S. Marine Corps, develop a comprehensive, long-term plan that prioritizes the use of dedicated Marine Security Guard program expansion resources for those embassies and other diplomatic facilities that are high threat posts.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Diplomatic Security Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Programs ensure that the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's High Threat Programs Directorate shifts resources currently being used to expand Marine Security Guard detachments from the low and/or medium threat posts to high threat posts.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, in consultation with the U.S. Marine Corps, conduct a comprehensive staffing and resource assessment of the Marine Security Guard program and, based on the assessment results, judiciously allocate appropriate resources to facilitate compliance with the Benghazi Accountability Review Board report to upgrade security for personnel at high threat posts.