The table below summarizes the performance ratings for Department of State and USAID results for the Management and Organizational Excellence strategic goal.
| Significantly Below Target | Below Target | On Target | Above Target | Significantly Above Target | Totals | |
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| Number of Results | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| Percent of Total | 0% | 15% | 60% | 25% | 0% | 100% |
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.
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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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