| Title or Topic |
Refugee Admissions to the U.S. |
| Evaluator |
Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) |
| Department Contact |
Arthur E. Dewey, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) |
| Scores and Ratings |
- CY 2002: Adequate
- CY 2003: Moderately Effective
- CY 2004: Effective
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| Major Findings/ Recommendations |
- Review the relationship of refugee reception and placement between the Refugee Admissions program at the Department and the Office of Refugee Resettlement at HHS.
- Continue ongoing efforts to improve strategic planning to ensure that goals are measurable and mission-related.
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| Major Actions Taken or That Will be Taken |
- Because of the Homeland Security Act, attention has been focused on other aspects of the HHS program in FY 2003 and early FY 2004. OMB action to complete.
- Measurable goals included in FY 2005 PART and will also be included in the FY 2005 Budget. (Action Completed)
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| PART Performance Measures |
Long Term Measures:
- Number of refugees admitted to the U.S. as a percentage of the regional ceilings established by Presidential Determination.
- Partner agencies ensure that all employable adults are employed by the 90th day in the U.S. and provide all basic necessities to arriving refugees.
Annual Measures:
- Total average cost per refugee arrival in the U.S.
- Number of individual and group refugee referrals to the U.S. from UNHCR.
- Percentage of refugees moved to U.S. within 6 months of DHS approval.
- Percentage of agency affiliates in the Reception and Placement program found to be in compliance with established basic standards of care, which ensure that refugees' basic necessities (housing, employment, health, child education) are met upon arrival and during an initial period in the U.S.
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| Title or Topic |
Humanitarian Migrants to Israel |
| Evaluator |
Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) |
| Department Contact |
Arthur E. Dewey, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) |
| Scores and Ratings |
- CY 2002: Adequate
- CY 2003: Moderately Effective
- CY 2004: Effective
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| Major Findings/ Recommendations |
- Establish better long-term goals, as well as more annual goals, with the United Israel Appeal in the 2003 grant agreement. Establish efficiency measure.
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| Major Actions Taken or That Will be Taken |
- Long-term and annual goals agreed with United Israel Appeal (UIA) in 2003 and grant agreement finalized for 2004. Efficiency measure established and approved by OMB. (Action Completed)
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| PART Performance Measures |
Long Term Measure:
- The percentage of Ethiopian humanitarian migrant households that leave absorption centers within a period of 24 months, where Ethiopian humanitarian migrants represent the most vulnerable sub-group under the program.
Annual Measures:
- Reduction in time migrants from the former Soviet Union stay at absorption centers, thereby reducing cost.
- Availability and quality of mandatory services to eligible humanitarian migrants. Mandatory services are defined as care and processing en route, transport to Israel, relocation allowance, and transitional housing.
- Humanitarian migrants are provided with effective Hebrew language training.
- Humanitarian migrants to Israel are provided with effective vocational training.
- Service providers to humanitarian migrants develop measurable objectives to ensure effective and efficient use of grant funds.
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| Title or Topic |
Humanitarian Demining |
| Evaluator |
Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) |
| Department Contact |
Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM) |
| Scores and Ratings |
- CY 2003: Effective
- CY 2004: Effective
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| Major Findings/ Recommendations |
- Review the relationship between annual and long-term goals and develop revised goals as necessary for the FY 2006 budget.
- Demonstrate progress on newly developed efficiency measures and incorporate into the PART for the FY 2006 budget.
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| Major Actions Taken or That Will be Taken |
- Revised existing annual performance measures and developed an additional performance measure. (Action Completed)
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| PART Performance Measures |
Long Term Measure:
- Number of countries receiving U.S. humanitarian mine action assistance that eliminated the most pressing humanitarian impacts and are now able to sustain future operations with indigenous capacity with little to no external funding.
Annual Measure:
- Countries Reaching Sustainment or End State/Cumulative Budget Authority.
- Percentage of countries targeted for end state in 2009 that are meeting all capacity-building targets as defined in their respective country plans.
- Percentage of countries supported by PM/WRA's program meeting their target for casualty reduction figures as defined in their country plans.
- Percentage of countries supported by PM/WRA's program meeting their target for square meters of land cleared as defined by their country plans.
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| Title or Topic |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| Evaluator |
Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) |
| Department Contact |
Arthur E. Dewey, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) |
| Scores and Ratings |
- CY 2003: Moderately Effective
- CY 2004: Effective
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| Major Findings/ Recommendations |
- Department should use "Framework of Cooperation" to set policy priorities and common objectives.
- Department should work with UNHCR to establish an integrated financial system. Establish efficiency measure.
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| Major Actions Taken or That Will be Taken |
- Framework was signed on February 12, 2004. Consultations between Department and UNHCR occur regularly to review progress; last consultation occurred in July 2004.
- System will be launched in phases, beginning with Finance and Supply Chain (FSC) in 2004, followed by Human Resources and Payroll in 2005. FSC was launched on January 30, 2004. Efficiency measure established and approved by OMB.
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| PART Performance Measures |
Annual Measures:
- UNHCR Inventory Control: Value of non-expendable items procured/total value recorded of non-expendable property procured.
- Number of UNHCR protection posts worldwide.
- Number of countries with significant refugee populations for which UNHCR provides a comprehensive refugee needs assessment to donors.
- The percentage of negative findings in an audit report for one year that are fully addressed by March of the year following issuance of the audit report.
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