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Secret Service: Foreign Protectees and Foreign Missions

The program protects visiting heads of state and government, their spouses, and other distinguished visitors to the United States, and provides external security to foreign embassies and missions in the Washington, D.C. area.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Effective

This is the highest rating a program can achieve. Programs rated Effective set ambitious goals, achieve results, are well-managed and improve efficiency.
  • The program ensures that foreign dignitaries can conduct business securely in the United States. Relative to baseline data, the rate of reported crimes against embassy personnel and property has decreased by more than 30%.
  • The program employs a risk-based methodology to determine appropriate levels of protection for authorized beneficiaries. The program's ambitious target of 100% safe arrival and departure of protected foreign dignitaries was met.
  • This program relies on partners to achieve results. The program clearly specifies the role of partnering law enforcement agencies in providing overall security.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Provide program managers with program-level performance reports, including efficiency measures.
  • Continue to ensure that effectiveness, efficiency and return on investment are emphasized as key components of program evaluations.

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