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

Examples of how the MfR framework develops into specific learning agendas throughout the Department follow. In a broad, enterprise-wide learning effort, the Department researched the methodology and uses of strategic evaluations to determine how to facilitate them for learning and collect data within the agency. Strategic evaluations respond to strategic goals and often provide the kind of data that Congress requests on the success of global health, humanitarian assistance, rule of law, or other themes. The research process included reaching out to bureaus who were implementing strategic evaluations to follow their progress and develop specific examples. The results of this work will contribute to Department-wide learning, help build capacity by modeling evaluation to bureaus, and highlight the utility of this type of research to upper management. Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus moderates a discussion with Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and USAID Administrator Mark Green on Women’s Global Development and Prosperity in Washington, D.C., July 10, 2019. Department of State Ongoing efforts to bolster the Department’s ability to plan and execute programs and projects in a way that encourages learning and adapting include: 2019 A gency F inancial R eport U nited S tates D epartment of S tate | 21 PERFORMANCE SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS