United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-09-28 monographic deposited born digital 37 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-952 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-952 P0b002ee18039efaa f:d04952 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-952 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-952 GAO-04-952 Construction costs Contractors Facility security Counterterrorism Taxpayers Africa Other Written Product A12792

After the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, the State Department embarked on a multibillion-dollar, multiyear program to build new, secure facilities on compounds at posts around the world. The Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 generally requires that all U.S. agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), colocate offices within the newly constructed compounds. This report discusses how State is incorporating office space for USAID into the construction of new embassy compounds and the cost and security implications of its approach. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-952/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-952.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-952/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-952.pdf GAO-04-952 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-952 Other Written Product GAO-04-952; Embassy Construction: Achieving Concurrent Construction Would Help Reduce Costs and Meet Security Goals; Construction costs Contractors Facility security Counterterrorism Taxpayers Africa Title 22 Section 4865(a)(2)(B) 22 U.S.C. 4865(a)(2)(B)