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The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, in coordination with the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation and the Yemen Affairs Unit, should assess the Yemen Affairs Unit’s location, functions, and staffing. In doing so, it should consider lessons learned since the Yemen Affairs Unit opened in 2015 and expected future requirements to meet U.S. foreign policy objectives in Yemen.
The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, in coordination with the Bureaus of Overseas Buildings Operations and Diplomatic Security and the Yemen Affairs Unit, should (a) conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether the Department should continue to lease, maintain, and secure the Diplomatic Transit Facility and, (b) if the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs does not continue to lease, maintain, and secure the Diplomatic Transit Center, it should put $23.5 million in projected future costs to run the facility to better use.
The Yemen Affairs Unit should review Embassy Sanaa’s balance of $4.89 million in unliquidated obligations and validate or de-obligate the funds to put them to better use as applicable.