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Strategic Goal 12: Management and Organizational Excellence - Performance Summary, Performance Analysis, and Resources Invested


FY 2006 Performance and Accountability Report
Bureau of Resource Management
November 2006

IV. Performance Summary

The table below summarizes the performance ratings for Department of State and USAID results for the Management and Organizational Excellence strategic goal.

Strategic Goal Results Achieved for FY 2006
  Significantly Below Target Below Target On Target Above Target Significantly Above Target Totals
Number of Results 0 3 12 5 0 20
Percent of Total 0% 15% 60% 25% 0% 100%

 

V. Performance Analysis

Performance Trends. Both agencies have made continuous improvements in human capital management, operational readiness, and information technology management. The Foreign Service Institute met or exceeded its goals for leadership training enrollment and the effectiveness of its language training programs and the Department continued to meet its goals for deploying Foreign Service generalists with the right language skills and slightly improved the diversity of new Foreign Service generalists hired in 2006.

High-Level Results. Both State and USAID met or exceeded human resources goals in recruitment, placement, and skills development; both agencies developed and deployed information technology systems that were reliable, accessible, and accurate; and the Department made significant strides to build, maintain and upgrade secure facilities overseas.

Results Significantly Above or Significantly Below Target. No results were evaluated significantly above or significantly below target.

Key Initiatives And Programs. Major FY 2006 investments in the people who manage foreign affairs, the facilities in which they work, and the systems that support diplomacy worldwide included: $598 million to preserve, maintain, repair, and plan for buildings owned or directly leased by the Department of State; $910 million for security-related construction and physical security and rehabilitation of U.S. embassies and consulates; $9.4 million for the protection of foreign missions and officials; and $128 million for the capital investment fund and the modernization of information technology systems and networks.

 

VI. Resources Invested

 

Human Resources
(Direct Funded Positions)
Performance Goal FY 2005 FY 2006
Human Resources and Training 2,643 2,671
Information Technology 1,492 1,507
Diplomatic Security 897 907
Overseas and Domestic Facilities 2,128 2,151
Resource Management 1,213 1,226
Administrative Services 1,302 1,316
Total 9,675 9,778
Budget Authority
(Dollars in Millions)
Performance Goal FY 2005 FY 2006
Human Resources and Training $595 $528
Information Technology $663 $340
Diplomatic Security $770 $1,240
Overseas and Domestic Facilities $2,344 $2,087
Resource Management $571 $268
Administrative Services $472 $762
Total $5,415 $5,225

 

Photo showing U.S. Ambassador Janet A. Sanderson, left, shaking hands with Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis at the Prime Minister's office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 2006. 

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U.S. Ambassador Janet A. Sanderson, left, shakes hands with Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis at the Prime Minister?s office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 2006. AP/Wide World

 

 


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