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

The Agency Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2019 is published by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services Office of Financial Policy, Reporting and Analysis An electronic version is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.state.gov/plans-performance-budget/agency-financial-reports Please call (202) 261-8620 with comments, suggestions, or requests. U.S. Department of State Publication Bureau of Global Public Affairs January 2020 Note: The Bureau of Global Public Affairs, Office of Global Web Platforms (GPA/DIG/WB) assisted the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services with the production of the FY 2019 Agency Financial Report . A cknowledgements This Agency Financial Report (AFR) was produced with the energies and talents of Department of State staff in Washington, D.C. and our offices and posts around the world. We offer our sincerest thanks and acknowledgement. In particular, we recognize the following individuals and organizations for their contributions: Office of the Comptroller: Jeffrey Mounts, Acting Comptroller William Davisson, Deputy Comptroller (Charleston) Carmen Castro, Associate Comptroller Jamie McCullough, Acting Managing Director of Financial Policy, Reporting & Analysis Joan Lugo, Managing Director of Global Financial Operations Carole Clay, Director of Office of Management Controls Paul McVicker, Director of Office of Financial Coordination and Reports for Oversight, Management & Analysis Monika Moore, AFR Editor Elvira Arauco, Jonathan Ashwell, Carl Biggs, Lance Binford, Bradley Biondi, Marcus Bowman, Nadine Bradley, Zachary Coho, John Coyle, Joshua Crown, Maude Cugnon, Amanda Dombrowski, Justin Endy, Cindy Fleming, Kyle Grindstaff, Matthew H. Johnson, Yen Le, Christine Malley, Trevor McNamara, Alex Reinhardt, Troy Scaptura, Meredith Shears, Melissa Sizemore, William Truman, Kyle Weitendorf, Alexander Williams, and Donald Wood. Global Financial Services personnel in Charleston, Bangkok, Paris, and Washington, D.C. Other Contributors: Stephanie Cabell, Christine Jacobs, and Andrew Mosley. We would also like to acknowledge the Office of Inspector General for their objective review of the Department’s performance and Kearney & Company for the professional manner in which they conducted the audit of the 2019 financial statements. We would also like to acknowledge Dora Clarke, Jessica Kerns, and Dong Kim of Clarke & Leiper PLLC for their contributions to our report. We offer special thanks to our designers, Michael James, Sheri Beauregard, and Don James of The DesignPond. 2019 I mage C redits Department of State: Front Cover, Table of Contents, pages 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 23, 33, 39, 40, 41, 69, 75, 77, 80, 83, 85, 107, 109, 110, 135, 146, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, Back Cover National Archives: page 71 164 | U nited S tates D epartment of S tate 2019 A gency F inancial R eport