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List of Recommendations
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Recommendation 1: Embassy New Delhi should consolidate all travel, locally employed staff
recruiting, and nonprogrammatic procurement services that the U.S. Agency for International
Development currently provides separately. (Action: Embassy New Delhi)
Recommendation 2: Embassy New Delhi should reduce duplication and inefficiency in
nonexpendable supply and property management by establishing a pool for furniture,
furnishings, and appliances under International Cooperative Administrative Support Services.
(Action: Embassy New Delhi)
Recommendation 3: The Bureau of Consular Affairs, in coordination with Embassy New
Delhi, the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, and the Bureau of Overseas Buildings
Operations, should prepare a long-range plan for Mission India to include projections of
estimated workloads, resources needed, potential locations within India, and facilities needed for
the year 2020. (Action: CA, in coordination with Embassy New Delhi, SCA, and OBO)
Recommendation 4: The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, in coordination with
Embassy New Delhi, the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, the Bureau of Diplomatic
Security, and the Bureau of Consular Affairs, should develop and implement a long-term
strategic plan that addresses the management and disposition of residential and nonresidential
real estate and facilities, as concluded in its April 1, 2010, memorandum, Real Estate Issues and
USG Properties in India. (Action: OBO, in coordination with Embassy New Delhi, SCA, DS,
and CA)
Recommendation 5: Embassy New Delhi, in coordination with the Bureau of Human
Resources and the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, should review the grade level of
the trade unit chief position in the economic section, which is currently graded at the FS-03 level,
to determine whether it should be upgraded to FS-02. (Action: Embassy New Delhi, in
coordination with DGHR and SCA)
Recommendation 6: Embassy New Delhi should set and adhere to deadlines for disbursing the
funds for each of the activities that the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs approved in 2009. (Action: Embassy New
Delhi)
Recommendation 7: Embassy New Delhi should weigh the costs and benefits and make a
decision whether to continue hosting the information support team. (Action: Embassy New
Delhi)
Recommendation 8: Embassy New Delhi should devise and implement a business plan to
convert Span magazine to an interactive electronic version, taking into account the concomitant
personnel and budget ramifications of the change. (Action: Embassy New Delhi)
Recommendation 9: Embassy New Delhi should analyze the cultural and educational
organizations, institutions, and agents of influence in India, using the results of the analysis to
shape strategy and dedicate program resources. (Action: Embassy New Delhi)
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