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Embassy Dushanbe should revise and implement its professional development program for first- and second-tour personnel to develop employee skills related to working and representing the United States overseas.
Embassy Dushanbe, in coordination with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, should determine the cost effectiveness of self implementing its program of salary assistance to Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency rather than paying fees to implementing agencies.
Embassy Dushanbe should establish a security assistance working group and use it to coordinate security assistance programs.
Embassy Dushanbe should designate a civilian official as security cooperation officer with oversight responsibility for the International Military Education and Training program and for Foreign Military Financing programs.
Embassy Dushanbe should standardize public diplomacy grants oversight, including monitoring and file maintenance.
Embassy Dushanbe should conduct visa validation studies with issuance data from FYs 2013 and 2014.
Embassy Dushanbe should conduct town hall meetings annually for resident American citizens to recruit additional wardens and better inform current wardens of their responsibilities and their role in protecting U.S. citizens.
Embassy Dushanbe should conduct periodic tests of its warden system.
Embassy Dushanbe should amend the FY 2016 Mission Resource Request to delete the request for an assistant regional security officer-investigator position.
Embassy Dushanbe should update all management policies and file accordingly.
Embassy Dushanbe should transition from International Cooperative Administrative Support Services Lite to Standard.
Embassy Dushanbe should conduct its annual International Cooperative Administrative Support Services review, including staffing needs.
Embassy Dushanbe should determine the impact of new positions on International Cooperative Administrative Support Services staffing prior to making a final decision on National Security Decision Directive 38 requests.
Embassy Dushanbe, in coordination with the Bureau of Human Resources, should develop a credible medical reimbursement plan for the locally employed staff.
Embassy Dushanbe should conclude the agreement to pay income and social security taxes for locally employed staff members.
Embassy Dushanbe should conduct an annual review of position descriptions to validate the classification and modify it, as necessary.
The Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services should reduce Embassy Dushanbe’s $300,000 cash advance to $55,000.
Embassy Dushanbe, in coordination with the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, should procure an assessment of overall cashier operations.
Embassy Dushanbe, in coordination with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, should produce an action plan on disposition and/or use of the Michurina warehouse site and the former chancery.
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations should conduct a cost benefit analysis of building seismically sound housing versus leasing embassy housing in Dushanbe.
Embassy Dushanbe should document consideration of safety, health, and environmental factors before signing leases in embassy lease files.
Embassy Dushanbe should prepare a justification to the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs to waive the $5,000 limitation on program and International Cooperative Administrative Support Services funds used for make-ready costs.
Embassy Dushanbe should track make-ready costs for each residence in the housing pool and maintain make-ready documentation in the lease files.
Embassy Dushanbe should bring its furniture and appliance pool into compliance with the Foreign Affairs Handbook requirement.
Embassy Dushanbe should bring its welcome kit program into compliance with Foreign Affairs Handbook requirements.
Embassy Dushanbe should provide armored vehicle driver training to all its drivers.
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations should replace the chancery roof.
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, in coordination with Embassy Dushanbe, should replace the compound access control canopies.
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, in coordination with Embassy Dushanbe, should remove the cobwebs, glue, and stripping from the publicly visible windows of the chancery.
Embassy Dushanbe should assess the cause of the radio signal degradation and implement corrective steps.
The Bureau of Information Resource Management should transition Embassy Dushanbe’s alternate network route to a satellite-based path.
Embassy Dushanbe should conduct monthly reviews of randomly selected user libraries and word-processing documents.
Embassy Dushanbe should establish and disseminate a written policy on BlackBerry distribution.
The Office of Medical Services, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration and Embassy Dushanbe, should conclude a memorandum of understanding permitting cold storage vaccines to be procured in Frankfurt and shipped directly to Embassy Dushanbe.
Embassy Dushanbe should complete all delinquent American Community Association reports and forward them to the Office of Commissary and Recreational Affairs.
Embassy Dushanbe should bring its procurement and payment processes into compliance with Department regulations.
Embassy Dushanbe should complete a purchase card program annual review.
Embassy Dushanbe should designate a single officer to oversee staff overtime compensation.