State Department's Office of Inspector General, Foreign Service, Needs To Improve Its Internal Evaluation Process

In July 1971, three evaluation groups in the Department of State were merged under the Inspector General, Foreign Service (S/IG) to: (1) systematically evaluate the State's activities, missions, and posts; (2) help State attain its resource management goals by furnishing information, analyses, appraisals, and recommendations; (3) evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of policies and programs employed to attain objectives and goals; and (4) evaluate the allocation and use of resources, including personnel, needed to support U.S. policies and programs.