This report fulfills the U.S. Department of State’s reporting requirements pertaining to conference related expenditures contained within the Office of Management and Budget’s Memorandum M-12-12 (OMB M-12-12, issued May 2012 and OMB M-17-08, issued November 25, 2016) for fiscal year 2017.
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Department of State FY17 Reporting per OMB Memorandum M-12-12 and M-17-08
| Name of Conference | 2016 EUR Management Officers Workshop (MOW) (MC160119) |
| Location | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Total Expenses | $115,362.00 |
| Start Date | November 15, 2016 |
| End Date | November 18, 2016 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | The 2016 EUR-IO/EX Management Officers Workshop (MOW) focused on security and emergency preparedness. Terrorist attacks in France, Belgium and Turkey demonstrated the need for heightened crisis preparation and response in areas traditionally deemed low risk. The 2016 MOW leveraged the hands-on experience of leaders who had served through crises and engaged experts from across the Department to share best practices and innovative ideas on preparing for, and navigating through, an emergency. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 102 |
| Name of Conference | FY-2017 AF Budget Workshop (MC160148) |
| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Total Expenses | $517,235.00 |
| Start Date | October 31, 2016 |
| End Date | November 4, 2016 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | Workshop provided FMOs and senior LE staff with essential training on new policies and procedures, as well as new financial systems and the existing systems upgrades. It also provided an opportunity to collaborate on ways to achieve long-term savings and efficiencies and to ensure reasonable internal controls working with the GSO staff. Because original cost estimates for the workshop came in below the $500,000 threshold given by OMB M-12-12, no waiver was sought from Secretary Kerry. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 126 |
| Name of Conference | ARSO-I Conference Garmisch (MC160150) |
| Location | Garmisch, Germany |
| Total Expenses | $1,049,937.00 |
| Start Date | November 15, 2016 |
| End Date | November 17, 2016 |
| Reviews of the ARSO-I program consistently reveal that ARSO-I personnel, including ARSO-Is themselves, Criminal Fraud Investigators (CFIs), and EFM Investigative Assistants (EFM-IAs), benefit from advanced training and the opportunity to share current best practices. This advanced training session offered an excellent opportunity for professional development within the ARSO-I program with topics that support DS’ mission of combatting visa and passport fraud. | |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 205 |
| Name of Conference | FY2016 WHA Budget Workshop (MC160151) |
| Location | Bogota, Colombia |
| Total Expenses | $260,565.38 |
| Start Date | October 24, 2016 |
| End Date | October 28, 2016 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | The regional bureau ICASS budget workshops bring post personnel together to review ICASS, Program, Public Diplomacy and other budgets. They are also forums for essential training and discussions on new policies and procedures for all resource management functions. These workshops have become venues where domestically-based personnel collaborate with FMOs and senior LE staff to advance the Department’s top resource management objectives. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 140 |
| Name of Conference | 2016 NEA-SCA Management Officers Workshop (MC160159) |
| Location | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Total Expenses | $154,735.70 |
| Start Date | December 5, 2016 |
| End Date | December 9, 2016 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | One of the most critical skills for a management officer is to lead a community through significant change, either brought on by emergency or one that is planned. The MOW was an excellent platform to discuss the various dimensions of leading through change and how to successfully navigate this process. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 54 |
| Name of Conference | EAP Management Officer / Human Resource Officer Conference (MC160162) |
| Location | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Total Expenses | $142,826.49 |
| Start Date | October 17, 2016 |
| End Date | October 21, 2016 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | The conference exposed MOs and HROs to methods of interpreting available data to make more informed decisions on the use of resources in addition to exploring best practices, which increase efficiencies. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 68 |
| Name of Conference | NEA-SCA Regional Budget Workshop (MC160166) |
| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Total Expenses | $251,200.45 |
| Start Date | November 13, 2016 |
| End Date | November 18, 2016 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | Promote and provide context to Department and Bureau budget priorities and initiatives. Create long-term savings and increased efficiency through the dissemination and application of best practices, the improvement of data and budget submissions, and training. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 93 |
| Name of Conference | Budget Workshop – EAP (MC160169) |
| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Total Expenses | $295,795.53 |
| Start Date | November 14, 2016 |
| End Date | November 18, 2016 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | The workshop provided the opportunity for Washington to interact with FMOs and senior LES on how we can achieve resource management objectives. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 73 |
| Name of Conference | Twelfth Annual U.S. Refugee Admissions Workshop (MC160185) |
| Location | Washington, DC |
| Total Expenses | $196,556.85 |
| Start Date | October 31, 2016 |
| End Date | November 4, 2016 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | The annual Refugee Admissions Workshop allowed DOS/PRM’s Office of Admissions to convene all partners involved in administering the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which resettles 70,000+ vulnerable refugees to the U.S. every year, to discuss major policy operational developments. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 177 |
| Name of Conference | Financial Management Workshop (MC170067) |
| Location | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Total Expenses | $235,738.00 |
| Start Date | March 19, 2017 |
| End Date | March 24, 2017 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | The workshop brought together senior post financial management personnel to provide essential training and systems and policy updates to further our efforts to contain costs and increase efficiencies throughout the EUR and IO regions. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 124 |
| Name of Conference | EAP/SCA Regional Medical Administrative Workshop (MC170078) |
| Location | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Total Expenses | $124,965.00 |
| Start Date | April 30, 2017 |
| End Date | May 5, 2017 |
| Purpose and Contribution to Mission | Training was supplied to Health Unit (HU) administrative staff to promote efficiencies in medical procurement, confidential medical record maintenance, and layperson clinical skills to enhance overall readiness of the HU to handle medical emergencies at post as well as improve daily efficiency and cost effective health care. |
| Total Department Funded Attendees | 52 |