Treasury, State Departments Struggle to Fill Sanctions-Related Vacancies, GAO Says
The Treasury and State departments have struggled to fill positions related to sanctions implementation and enforcement despite increased funding for sanctions resources, according to a March 11 Government Accountability Office report. Positions have been difficult to fill due to competition…
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from the private sector and a lengthy security clearance process, the GAO said, circumstances that have especially affected the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and State’s Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation. Vacancies ranged from 6% to 26% of its “authorized full time equivalents (FTEs).” GAO said State was authorized to hire six FTEs during the start of the 2020 fiscal year even though more than half of its “authorized persons” were vacant at the start of the year.