Inspection of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s Office of Mobile Security Deployments

 
What OIG Inspected
OIG inspected the Office of Mobile Security Deployments from April 19 to May 12, 2017.

What OIG Recommended
OIG made one recommendation to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security to make the Office of Mobile Security Deployments’ temporary administrative chief a permanent position in order to strengthen personal property management and internal controls.

In its comments on the draft report, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security concurred with the recommendation. OIG considers the recommendation resolved. The bureau’s response to the recommendation and OIG’s reply can be found in the Recommendations Section of this report. The bureau’s formal written response is reprinted in its entirety in Appendix B.

What OIG Found

• The Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s Office of Mobile Security Deployments successfully accomplished its mission by addressing embassy and consulate support needs, providing effective assistance to protective details, and providing high-quality training to personnel overseas.
• Office leadership faced challenges in recruitment, mentoring, and establishing policies for personnel unable or unwilling to deploy on Office of Mobile Security Deployment’s overseas missions.
• Some internal controls for the Office of Mobile Security Deployments’ resource management needed to be reinforced.
• The office lacked permanent high-level oversight for its administrative functions.