INSPECTION OF PARIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND

UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 001220 SIPDIS IG FOR TIM WILDY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASIG AMGT SUBJECT: INSPECTION OF PARIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND TRAINING OFFICE (FSTO) REF: A)STATE 200361, B)STATE 146373 ¶1. FOLLOWING RESPONSES KEYED TO QUESTIONS PER REF (A): --QUESTION 1.A. QUALITY OF EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMELINESS OF FSTO SUPPORT AND TRAINING RATED BY POST AS "OUTSTANDING" BASED ON ITS EXPERIENCE WITH FSTO QUICK AND COURTEOUS RESPONSES TO A GREAT VARIETY OF FINANCIAL QUESTIONS RAISED BY POST AND ANSWERED BY PARIS OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND PREVIOUS. --QUESTION 1.B. WHILE POST DID NOT AVAIL ITSELF OF TRAINING PROGRAMS LAST YEAR, POST RATES THE TRAINING RECEIVED IN PRIOR YEARS AS "OUTSTANDING", AND THE REASON FOR THE SMOOTH OPERATIONS IN DJIBOUTI'S B&F SECTION, ESPECIALLY IN VOUCHER PROCESSING, FOR WHICH POST HAS RECEIVED POSITIVE COMMENT FROM FSC/CHARLESTON. --QUESTION 1.C. FOR POST'S IN AFRICA, MANY BUDGET SECTIONS/FMO'S WOULD APPRECIATE A FORMAL "CALL-IN" HELP LINE IN PARIS TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL WHEN IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. PARIS BEING ROUGHLY IN THE SAME TIME ZONE. ¶2. POST APPRECIATES OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE POSITIVE SUPPORT FOR FSTO/PARIS. RAGSDALE