Inspection of Embassy Lima, Peru

What OIG Inspected 

OIG inspected Embassy Lima’s achievement of foreign policy goals and objectives, policy and program implementation, consular operations, resource management, and information management. This inspection included the U.S. Consular Agency in Cusco.

What OIG Found 

• Embassy Lima generally progressed in advancing U.S. foreign policy goals in accordance with Department of State standards.
• Embassy Lima’s Political, Economic, and Public Diplomacy Sections generally complied with Department standards.
• The embassy’s foreign assistance program had deficiencies related to reviews of and updates to a letter of agreement on counternarcotics. 
• The embassy’s Consular Section had one deficiency related to crisis preparedness. 
• In the resource management area, the embassy had deficiencies in its safety, real property, personal property management, procurement, and motor pool programs. 
• Embassy Lima’s management of the residential make-ready process delayed the placement of personnel in permanent residences and caused the embassy to incur additional costs for temporary housing arrangements, resulting in $220,000 that could be put to better use. 
• The embassy had deficiencies in its information management operations related to information systems security.

What OIG Recommends 

OIG made 12 recommendations to Embassy Lima. In its comments on the draft report, Embassy Lima concurred with 11 recommendations and partially concurred with 1 recommendation. OIG considers all 12 recommendations resolved. The embassy’s response to each recommendation can be found in the Findings section of this report. The embassy’s formal response is reprinted in its entirety in Appendix B.