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Priorities | Accomplishments FMP fulfills a vital role in the Diplomatic Readiness of the Department, supporting the financial management systems infrastructure and operations.
Accomplishments
- Many of the goals included in FMP's performance plan represent the foundation for running the "business side" of the Department's domestic and overseas platform -- improved financial accountability and reporting, improved financial management and operations, debt collection enhancements, budget administration, grants management, and improved coordination of inter-departmental planning processes.
- A major new thrust for FMP is its involvement in enhancing joint program planning and analysis with other national security agencies, many of whom are Mission Partners in achieving the goals of the International Affairs Strategic Plan. To achieve this goal, the newly created Office of the Coordinator for Intelligence Resources and Planning (FMP/IRP) works with other national security agencies to ensure that their budgets and programs are coordinated with those of the Department. FMP/IRP coordinates changes in funding levels of national security programs to ensure that these changes are compatible with the objectives of the Secretary's International Affairs Strategic Plan.
- Meeting the Department's workforce management needs relative to inter-agency cost-sharing and more effective service delivery and responding to every Bureau's need to attract, support, and retain an expert financial management workforce are FMP priorities as well.
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- FMP entered the new millennium with no disruption of financial management activities around the world in 162 countries where the US maintains a presence.
- The full integration of the United States Information Agency (USIA), the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), and the 4,100 former employees of these agencies into the Department of State worldwide have already enhanced the consistency and integrity of US foreign policy. Of the former USIA employees, about 2,000 became employees of the independent Executive Branch agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). FMP cross-services BBG, via an MOU for payroll and general ledger services.
- For the third year in a row, the Department's consolidated financial statements have been issued an unqualified ("clean") opinion from an independent auditor selected by the Department's Inspector General. In addition, the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund which pays retirement benefits to 16,000 retired Foreign Service Officers, and International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS) discussed below, received unqualified ("clean") opinions for the sixth and third consecutive years, respectively.
- Overseas, FMP's Financial Service Centers (FSCs) in Bangkok, Thailand, and Paris, France, continue to provide critical support to the financial needs of Embassies and Consulates in parts of Europe, the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East.
- ICASS continues to emphasize the importance of developing a corps of personnel skilled in competencies essential to operational requirements. This has been recognized by the Interagency ICASS Executive Board and reinforced through the Post Specific Training and Post Award Programs. Successfully tested at Embassy Moscow during FY 2000, these programs will encourage innovation in resource management and service delivery.
