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Embassy Construction: State Has Made Progress Constructing New Embassies, but Better Planning Is Needed for Operations and Maintenance Requirements.

Publication: General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
Publication Date: 01-AUG-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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GAO-06-641 June 30, 2006

In response to 2 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, the Department of State embarked on a $21 billion program to replace 201 insecure and dilapidated diplomatic facilities. In November 2004, GAO reported that State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings (OBO),...

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...Operations which manages the construction program, had implemented reforms to its planning, design, construction, and funding processes designed to expedite the construction process and prevent...

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