Inspection of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Directorate of International Programs

The Bureau of Diplomatic Security, in coordination with the Office of Legal Adviser, should revise the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department and the U.S. Marine Corps to reflect changes in the types of threats facing U.S. missions overseas, Marine Security Guard duties, and Chief of Mission procedures for handling disciplinary issues.

The Bureau of Diplomatic Security should issue guidance to Chiefs of Mission on U.S. military assets available during emergency situations.

The Bureau of Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, should implement a service level agreement to address and clarify the roles and responsibilities of International Programs Directorate desk officers and acquisition management analysts and Office of Acquisition Management contracting staff assigned within the directorate and to establish performance metrics and timelines.

The Bureau of Diplomatic Security should implement an orientation program for incoming Office of Overseas Protective Operations and embedded Office of Acquisition Management staff to quickly give them a thorough overview of Office of Overseas Protective Operations contracting.

The Bureau of Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, should include in the contracting officers’ and contracting officer’s representatives’ work commitments the requirement to input timely contract data into the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System for all International Programs Directorate contracts and task orders.