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Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: guide, business, representatives, posts, service, officers, foreign, key
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 1998-06
ISBN-10: 0788182293
ISBN-13: 9780788182297
If you are planning a trip overseas or need information about doing business overseas, your first point of contact should be the nearest U.S. Dept. of Commerce Export Assistance Center. This directory lists the 103 such centers in cities throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico staffed by trade specialists from the U.S. and the Foreign Commercial Service. These centers provide information on foreign markets, agent/distributor location services, trade leads, and counseling on business opportunities. Also lists the staff members of every U.S. embassy, with embassy address, around the world, in alphab
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Author: Jess T. Ford
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: address, contractor, participation, needed, actions, construction, additional, embassy
Number of Pages: 70
Published: 2009-11
ISBN-10: 143791408X
ISBN-13: 9781437914085
To provide safe and secure workplaces for overseas posts, the Dept. of State has built 64 new embassy compounds (NEC) and other facilities since 1999, has 31 ongoing projects, and plans to build at least 90 more. In 2007, State reported the U.S. contractor pool for building NECs had reached its limit and proposed legislation to amend the criteria to qualify for NEC awards. This report examined: (1) how contractor participation in the NEC program changed in recent years; (2) the degree to which State assessed the need for and potential outcomes of its proposed amendment; (3) factors contractors
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Author: Unknown
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: levels, support, rightsizing, initiatives, staff, embassy, presence, framework, assessing, overseas
Number of Pages: 31
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ISBN-10: 1428945466
ISBN-13: 9781428945463
14972
Author: Ruth Ellen Wasem
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: security, state, homeland, departments, roles, policy, visa
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2011-04
ISBN-10: 143793031X
ISBN-13: 9781437930313
The case of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who allegedly attempted to ignite an explosive device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Dec. 25, 2009. He was traveling on a multi-year, multiple-entry tourist visa. His father came into the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, on Nov. 19, 2009, to express his concerns about his son. Those officials at the Embassy in Abuja sent a cable to the Nat. Counterterrorism Center. State Dept. officials maintain they had insufficient info. to revoke his visa at that time. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Visa Issuances; (3) Basis of Current Visa Policy; (4) Co
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Author: Unknown
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: revisited, france, report, congressional, committees, paris, parking, department, decision, retain, embassy, state
Number of Pages: 42
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ISBN-10: 1428949623
ISBN-13: 9781428949621
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Author: Jess T. Ford
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: officials, protect, terrorists, outside, embassies, measures, key, state, security, department, fully, implemented, overseas
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2005-09-01
ISBN-10: 1422301028
ISBN-13: 9781422301029
U.S. government officials working overseas are at risk from terrorist threats. Since 1968, 32 embassy officials have been attacked -- 23 fatally -- by terrorists outside the embassy. As the State Dept. continues to improve security at U.S. embassies, terrorist groups are likely to focus on softÓ targets -- such as homes, schools, & places of worship. This report determines: whether the State Dept. has a strategy for soft target protection; assesses State's efforts to protect U.S. officials & their families while traveling to & from work; assesses State's efforts overseas to improve security a
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