New embassy compounds: State faces challenges in sizing facilities and providing for operations and maintenance requirements report to Committee on Foreign Relations, Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives.

''In response to the 1998 bombingsof two U.S. embassies, theDepartment of State (State)embarked on a multiyear,multibillion dollar program toreplace insecure and dilapidateddiplomatic facilities. Since 2001,State has constructed 52 newembassy compounds (NECs) underthis program, and moved over21,000 U.S. government personnelinto more secure and safe facilities.GAO was asked to examine (1) theextent to which new facilitiesmatch the space and functionalityneeds of overseas missions andState’s actions to address spaceand functionality challenges; and(2) operations and maintenancechallenges at these new facilitiesand State’s steps to address them.GAO analyzed staffing data andother documentation for 44 NECsbuilt from 2001 to 2009 andinterviewed State headquarters andembassy officials at 22 of these 44NECs to obtain information ontheir functionality and operationsand maintenance issues. ''