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Meeting Minutes - US Department of State

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director and the facilities manager and we transfer<br />

the documents. There will normally be a punch list,<br />

even at formal opening, because these are huge<br />

facilities and there is a little something that<br />

needs to be tidied up. We talk about warranties and<br />

all <strong>of</strong> that business during this transfer<br />

arrangement and they actually sign pieces <strong>of</strong> paper.<br />

I'm releasing it and you've got it.<br />

And then at that point, the building part<br />

<strong>of</strong> this is taken care <strong>of</strong>. And then the contractor<br />

is finally released <strong>of</strong> responsibilities, once all<br />

the punch list items are taken care <strong>of</strong>. That is the<br />

process, a very methodical process been in place for<br />

at least, at this level, for six years that I know<br />

<strong>of</strong>. And I'm sure before my time, they were<br />

something on this order.<br />

Okay. What we have completed since we last<br />

met, we had substantial completion in Algiers,<br />

Managua, Panama City, and Rangoon.<br />

Okay, S<strong>of</strong>ia, Bulgaria is listed here next<br />

because we are very happy that we have, and you saw<br />

some <strong>of</strong> the publication outside, we've really been<br />

into greening ourselves as much as we can. We<br />

recognize that this is an area where we want to be<br />

involved. We have some very good people. Donna<br />

Free <strong>State</strong> Reporting, Inc.<br />

1378 Cape St. Claire Road<br />

Annapolis, MD 21409<br />

(410) 974-0947<br />

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