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The Office of the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, in coordination with the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, should complete steps necessary to implement the road map and circulate the results within the Department of State and the interagency.
The Bureau of Human Resources, in coordination with the Office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights and the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, should complete a workforce and workload analysis of the bureau, identify similar functions performed by other bureaus and the U.S. Agency for International Development, and implement appropriate recommendations.
The Bureau of Human Resources, in coordination with the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, should reduce the number of deputy assistant secretaries in the bureau from four to three.
The Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations should implement standard operating procedures for funding and staffing overseas programs that incorporate standards developed by other bureaus reporting to the Office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights.
The Office of the Legal Adviser, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should review the status of all personal services contracts in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations and determine whether they conform to Federal regulations and Department guidelines.
The Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations should prepare and enforce standard procedures on the use of personal services contracts. The procedures should be cleared by the Office of the Legal Adviser.
The Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, in coordination with the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations and the Office of the Legal Adviser, should determine whether that bureau's use of personal services contracts for work that was performed substantially in the United States was a reportable violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act.
The Bureau of Administration should complete its grants management review of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations.
The Bureau of Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, should identify replacement space for the front office before the bureau vacates its offices in the Harry S Truman Building.