OFFICE OF INSPECTIONS
BUREAU OF EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS
Inspection of Embassy Tallinn, Estonia
What OIG Found
• The Chargé d’Affaires led Embassy Tallinn in a professional and collaborative manner consistent with Department of State leadership principles. He established an inclusive and supportive tone for the embassy.
• Department and other U.S. Government officials praised the embassy’s role in achieving significant foreign policy objectives, in particular Estonian support for a global minimum tax on large corporations and an increase in the Estonian defense budget.
• The embassy did not consistently document public diplomacy grants in accordance with Department standards.
• Some management controls for human resources and general services did not meet Department standards.
• The embassy lacked proper controls on mail handling and did not perform some required information systems security duties.
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