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GGD-95-103R 1 (1995-03-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacktk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-260227 March 1, 1995 The Honorable Jesse A. Helms Chairman The Honorable Claiborne Pell Ranking Minority Member Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate The Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman Chairman The Honorable Lee Hamilton Ranking Minority Member Committee on International Relations House of Representatives This letter responds to a legislative requirement' for us to review the classification of Senior Foreign Service (SFS) positions in the Washington, D.C., offices of the Department of State (State), the Agency for International Development (AID), and the United States Information Agency (USIA). On February 14, 1995, we discussed the results of our work with your offices and agreed that this summary of the information presented would satisfy the legislative requirement. The Foreign Service was established in 1924 to help plan and implement U.S. foreign policy and to represent U.S. interests in foreign countries and international organizations. The Foreign Service Act of 1980 established the SFS to provide strong policy formulation capabilities, outstanding executive leadership qualities, and highly developed functional, foreign language, and area expertise. Our objectives were to determine how State, USIA, and AID classified SFS positions and to provide information on issues related to management of these positions. At the USIA, we reviewed standard position descriptions and officer evaluation reports on all of its SFS positions in Washington, D.C. At the other two agencies, we reviewed a sample of position 'Section 175 of P.L. 103-236 dated April 30, 1994. GAO/GGD-95-103R, Senior Foreign Service

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