U.S. Department of State Fiscal Year 2020 Agency Financial Report

C ross -A gency P riority G oals The President’s Management Agenda’s long-term vision for modernizing the Federal Government will improve the ability of agencies to deliver mission outcomes, provide excellent customer service, and serve as effective stewards of taxpayer dollars on behalf of the American people. To drive these management priorities, the Administration leverages Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) goals to coordinate and publicly track implementation across Federal agencies. As of October 2020, the Department contributes to nine President’s Management Agenda CAP goals: IT Modernization; Data, Accountability and Transparency; Workforce for the 21st Century; Improving Customer Experience; Sharing Quality Services; Category Management; Results-Oriented Accountability for Grants; Getting Payments Right; Federal IT Spending Transparency; and Improve Management of Major Acquisitions. Progress updates on CAP goals are published on Performance.gov at https://www.performance.gov/CAP/CAP_goals.html . and measure results, bringing focus to mission areas where agencies need to drive significant progress and change. APGs support improvements in near-term outcomes, customer service or efficiencies, and advance progress toward longer- term, outcome-focused strategic goals and objectives. APGs are intended to demonstrate quarterly progress on near-term results or achievements the agency seeks to accomplish within 24 months. The Department of State has four APGs for the FY 2020 – FY 2021 cycle: ■ Data Informed Diplomacy: By September 2021, we will align and augment a data and analytics cadre that can harness data and apply cutting-edge analytics processes and products to foreign policy and operational challenges, and fulfill the requirements of the Federal Data Strategy to include building the first Department Data Strategy and enterprise Data Catalog. ■ IT Modernization: By September 30, 2021, the Department will satisfy Field Enabling IT baseline levels for capability and performance at all field locations; modernize its suite of core, mission-aligned IT systems incorporating a Cloud Smart approach that enables the Department to share resources and measure efficiencies gained via common cloud platform environments; and achieve a continuous cyber risk diagnostics and monitoring capability that embeds security equities throughout the full lifecycle of all IT systems within every sponsored environment. ■ Enhancing Security Monitoring Solutions: By September 30, 2021, upgrade 20 percent of Department of State facilities’ security monitoring solutions. ■ Category Management: By September 30, 2021, meet or exceed Federal targets for managed spending (identifying and proactively managing key vendors and contracts) as determined by the President’s Management Agenda. The Department of State plans to retire this APG at the end of 2020. The Department’s official reporting on APGs can be found on Performance.gov at https://www.performance.gov/state/ state.html . United States Representative to the United Nations Kelly Craft delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions in Washington, D.C., September 21, 2020. Department of State 2020 A gency F inanci al R eport U ni ted S tates D epartment of S tate | 15 STRATEGIC GOALS AND GOVERNMENT-WIDE INITIATIVES | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS