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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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