U.S. Department of State Fiscal Year 2019 Agency Financial Report

Strategic Goals and Government-wide Management Initiatives T he Department of State has strengthened program and project management through enhanced guidelines to better align programs with best practices and policy priorities. The Department uses the Managing for Results (MfR) Framework to foster enterprise-wide linkages of strategic planning, budgeting, managing, and improving results. Bureaus and missions can achieve better outcomes by engaging in policy, resource, and program decision making that is informed by strategic planning and data gleaned through rigorous monitoring and evaluation practices. M anaging for R esults : P lanning , B udgeting , M anaging , and L earning Managing for Results Framework J oint S tate -USAID S trategic G oals The Department’s major strategic planning processes and documents are implemented at three organizational levels: ■ ■ The State/USAID FY 2018-2022 Joint Strategic Plan (JSP) – Four-year agency strategic plan that outlines State and USAID overarching goals and objectives, and guides bureau and mission planning for U.S. diplomacy and development efforts. The State/USAID JSP and budget synchronize how the Department achieves its foreign policy priorities. ■ ■ Bureau Strategies ●● Joint Regional Strategies – Four-year strategic plan for each region that sets joint State and USAID priorities and guides key partner bureau- and mission-level planning. ●● Functional Bureau Strategies – Four-year strategic plan that sets priorities for each State functional bureau and guides key partner bureau- and mission-level planning. ■ ■ Integrated Country Strategies (ICS) – Four year strategic plan that articulates whole-of-government priorities in a given country and incorporates policy priorities. As a whole-of-government document, each ICS incorporates the relevant USAID mission’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy and the official U.S. Government strategy for all Security Sector Assistance in the respective country. The Department of State and USAID published its FY 2018-2022 JSP in February 2018 following a consultative process that involved the senior leadership of the two agencies, bureau leadership, and subject matter experts. The JSP outlines the strategic direction of U.S. diplomacy and development efforts during this four-year period. Its goals and objectives articulate how State and USAID will enable the United States to succeed in a competitive globalized era, and how our agencies adapt on delivering our missions. It contains four goals and 16 objectives as shown in the “State-USAID Joint Strategic Goal Framework.” 2019 A gency F inancial R eport U nited S tates D epartment of S tate | 13 STRATEGIC GOALS AND GOVERNMENT-WIDE INITIATIVES | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS