Inspection of Embassy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

You are subscribed to Reports for Department of State OIG. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Inspection of Embassy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 03/15/2024 06:29 AM EDT What OIG Inspected OIG inspected the executive direction, policy and program implementation, resource management, and information management operations of Embassy Dar es Salaam. What OIG Recommends OIG made 25 recommendations: 23 to Embassy Dar es Salaam, 1 to the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy, and 1 to the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. In its comments on the draft report, the Department concurred with 25 recommendations. OIG considers all 25 recommendations resolved. The Department's response to each recommendation, and OIG's reply, can be found in the Recommendations section of this report. The Department's formal responses are reprinted in their entirety in Appendix B. What OIG Found The Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission generally modeled the Department of State's leadership and management principles, particularly related to communication and self-awareness. The embassy's American Center in Dar es Salaam did not comply with Department of State standards requiring open access to the public.  Embassy Dar es Salaam had consular internal control deficiencies related to crisis preparedness, the fraud prevention program, immigrant visa petitions, the return of nonimmigrant visa documentation, and erroneously refused visa cases. The embassy had several deficiencies related to the management of federal foreign assistance including not hiring the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Country Coordinator in accordance with policy, missing required documentation in assistance files, and not conducting required joint evaluations. Embassy Dar es Salaam had internal control issues related to facility management, general services, financial management, human resources, and the Health Unit. The embassy had information management internal control deficiencies related to information technology configurations, firewalls on non-enterprise networks, account management procedures, and archival of records generated on non-government electronic messaging applications. Stay connected with the Department of State OIG:   External links found in this content or on Department of State OIG websites that go to other non-Department websites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.    Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your email address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This email was sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Department of State OIG · 2201 C Street NW · Washington, DC 20520