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

all nations and peoples. Past successes alone cannot ensure this system will continue indefinitely without being renewed, rejuvenated, and truly reciprocal. The ability to ensure peace, security, and prosperity requires a more principled and balanced approach to our engagement with our allies and partners: balanced between opportunity and responsibility; between shared goals, interests, and values; and between assistance and enforcement. Strategic Goal 4: Ensure Effectiveness and Accountability to the American Taxpayer The Federal Government can and should operate more effectively, efficiently, and securely. As such, the Administration set goals in areas that are critical to improving the Federal Government’s effectiveness, efficiency, cybersecurity, and accountability. This includes taking an evidence-based approach to improving programs and services; reducing the burden of compliance activities; delivering high performing program results and services to citizens and businesses through effective and efficient mission support services; and holding agencies accountable for improving performance. Department leadership and financial managers seek to foster an expansive and forward-leaning approach to enterprise risk management, thereby remaining able to respond to demands, events, conditions, or trends at times when significant changes trigger the need to take action. For example, this year Under Secretary for Management Brian Bulatao led quarterly strategic reviews with key leaders centered on the guiding principles of field first focus, innovation, accountability, agility, and data-informed decision making. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cultural change and cohesion arising from this effort enabled the Department to modify procedures and to acquire the tools needed to remain productive while working remotely. P rogram and P roject D esign , M onitoring , and E valuation P olicy The Department is committed to using design, monitoring, evaluation, and data analysis best practices to achieve the most effective U.S. foreign policy outcomes and greater accountability to our primary stakeholders; the American people. In response to requirements contained in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act, the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act, the Secretary Pompeo visits a water sanitation and hygiene USAID-NGO program site in Boa Vista, Brazil, September 18, 2020. Department of State 18 | U ni ted S tates D epartment of S tate 2020 A gency F inanci al R eport MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS | PERFORMANCE SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS