Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
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were also able to do the other half <strong>of</strong> the OMB<br />
requirement to us and that is, we must dispose <strong>of</strong> 11<br />
properties. So, when a property is sold, it's not<br />
something that anyone in OBO would like to see sold,<br />
it's because we are mandated by those who over-watch<br />
and control our program to dispose <strong>of</strong> properties<br />
that we have made a justification that did not work<br />
for us.<br />
For example, if we are in an old building.<br />
We had nine separate locations in Ghana, for an<br />
example. When we asked for the funding for Ghana,<br />
we made the case, business and also presence case,<br />
that the nine buildings would not work. So what is<br />
expected from our stewardship is that the nine would<br />
be disposed <strong>of</strong>. And many people don't understand<br />
that, but that's the way the process works.<br />
A representative sampling <strong>of</strong> the thirteen<br />
projects that we put in place, you see some artwork<br />
statistics there, which is a part <strong>of</strong> our program.<br />
The total man-hours, which we are very proud <strong>of</strong> that<br />
we worked, we had 77 accidents, but look at the<br />
number <strong>of</strong> man-hours. The lost time rate is a 0.14<br />
and we are overseas. We had 186 design reviews and<br />
the total number <strong>of</strong> contractors who worked with us<br />
during this period <strong>of</strong> time was 21. These are<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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