The State Dept.’s embassy construction program has moved more slowly than officials had projected in 2005, completing far fewer major facilities than it had aimed to build by now, because smaller projects unexpectedly were added to its to-do list and inflation increased construction costs, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says in a newly issued report.
In the congressionally requested report, released on Oct. 25, GAO recommends steps to address the problems, and the State Dept. says it will adopt those recommendations.