Inspection of Embassy Riga, Latvia

Embassy Riga should reprogram or recreate an additional locally employed staff position in the public affairs section to address the increased need to engage the Russian-speaking community in Riga and other Russian-language regions of Latvia.

Embassy Riga should review, update, and test its warden system.

Embassy Riga should send the political/economic section’s end-of-day report as a record email.

Embassy Riga should request that the Bureau of Consular Affairs eliminate position number 97003025 at Embassy Riga.

Embassy Riga should seek counsel from the Office of the Under Secretary for Management and the Office of the Legal Adviser prior to hosting a donor solicitation reception for the annual July 4th event.

Embassy Riga should hold safety, health, and environmental management committee meetings at least semiannually.

Embassy Riga should establish a comprehensive, missionwide training plan for locally employed staff.

Embassy Riga should establish procedures whereby the designated billing office is named as the addressee on all procurement documents.

Embassy Riga should discontinue paying official residence staff health insurance premiums directly to the insurer and require the chargé, acting deputy chief of mission, and future chiefs of mission to make these payments directly to the employees.

Embassy Riga should provide the alternate cashier with the required cashier training before the temporary designation expires.

Embassy Riga should produce and maintain minutes of all regularly scheduled International Cooperative Administrative Support Services council and budget committee meetings and publish them on the embassy intranet site.

Embassy Riga should account for and record in the Integrated Logistics Management System all surplus materials from the new embassy compound construction project.

Embassy Riga should reorganize the motor pool to improve supervisory oversight of the function.

Embassy Riga should train motor pool staff to use fully the Fleet Management Information System.

Embassy Riga should reconcile fuel receipts with invoices prior to approving payment.

Embassy Riga should request funding from the Bureau of European and Eurasian affairs to replace five International Cooperative Administrative Support Services vehicles that are old and in poor physical condition.

Embassy Riga should submit its hotel and restaurant survey in December of odd-numbered years.

Embassy Riga should hire a local cleared American or eligible family member to assist with classified pouch preparation, courier escort duty, and other information program center duties requiring a cleared American.

Embassy Riga should identify and allocate sufficient space for information systems center equipment storage.

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Embassy Riga should enforce the equitable sharing of diplomatic courier escort duty for agencies that use the classified pouch.

The Office of Medical Services should provide Embassy Riga health unit staff with sustained on-site training.

Embassy Riga should require the health unit to advise the human resources section of the results of preemployment medical clearances.