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5 Committee Findings: Issues and Challenges in the Design, Construction, and Management of Future U.S.Embassy Buildings
Pages 29-34

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From page 29...
... embassy buildings overseas will require changes in certain practices within the State Department that relate to the planning of new buildings and to the management of building design, construction, and maintenance. Discussion: The committee has concluded that a number of security concerns and opportunities for improvement relate directly to State Department practices in managing and administering the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of its buildings.
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From page 30...
... A subsequent letter to the committee chairman from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Foreign Buildings Operations encouraged the committee to consider and recommend organizational changes. The committee took up this challenge and developed detailed and specific recommendations concerning changes that should be implemented in current and planned FBO procedures.
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From page 31...
... Chapter 6 recommends new criteria for site selection and design and outlines procedures that should be introduced to improve the State Department's site acquisition efforts. CLEAR PHYSICAL SEPARATION OF SENSITIVE AND LESS SENSITIVE CHANCERY BUILDING AREAS Finding: Future embassy buildings will be required to provide distinct, highly secure, and easily respected physical separations between the following work areas: those that are used for the conduct of classified and sensitive functions and, therefore, the
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From page 32...
... Discussion: The information handled by U.S. government officials working abroad within the State Department ~ often sensitive and frequently bears security cIassificatione.
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From page 33...
... Apart from asking necessary improvements in the processes of obtaining, communicating, and updating programmatic information for design, the State Department must also design facilities that are as flexible as possible and help ensure that designs and construction techniques are as amenable as is practical to possible future changes. BUILDING CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Finding: Future U.S.
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From page 34...
... embassies. The committee believes that the State Department should address those issues that are related to the roles of all security personnel, including the Marine Security Guards.
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