Data.gov Program Management Office

Data.gov Program Management Office

created May 13, 2011

updated May 13, 2011

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Description

The Foreign Service Act of 1980 mandated a comprehensive revision to the operation of the Department of State and the personnel assigned to the US Foreign Service. As the statutory authority, the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), details the Department of State's regulations and policies on its structure and operations. Currently, there are over 25,000 pages of policies and procedures published in 16 volumes of the FAM and 38 corresponding sections of the Foreign Affairs Handbook (FAH). Changes to the Department's organizational structure or the way it conducts U.S. Government business will usually trigger the need to update the FAM or FAHs. 1 FAM 410-450 contains documentation pertaining to the following administrative components: - 410 Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM - 420 Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EEB) - 430 Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) - 440 Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC)

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Verification and Compliance, Arms Control, Political-Military Affairs, Economic and Business Affairs, Intelligence and Research
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Data Provided By
Department of State
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Dataset Summary
Agency
Department of State
Date Released
02/15/2011
Date Updated
02/15/2011
Time Period
1980-2011
Frequency
As needed
High Value Dataset
Y
Suggested by Public
N
Dataset Information
Data.gov Data Category Type
Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation
Administrative
Unique ID
4807
Extended Type
Data Extraction Tool
Dataset Coverage
Unit of Analysis
Agency-wide
Data Description
Collection Mode
phone/paper, phone/computer, person/paper, person/computer
Data Collection Instrument
http://www.state.gov/m/a/dir/regs/fam/01fam/0400/index.htm
Data Dictionary
http://www.state.gov/m/a/dir/regs/fam/01fam/0400/index.htm
Data Quality
Data Quality Certification
Yes
Privacy and Confidentiality
Yes
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
Department of State
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Data.gov Program Management Office

Data.gov Program Management Office

created May 13, 2011

updated May 13, 2011

Description

The Foreign Service Act of 1980 mandated a comprehensive revision to the operation of the Department of State and the personnel assigned to the US Foreign Service. As the statutory authority, the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), details the Department of State's regulations and policies on its structure and operations. Currently, there are over 25,000 pages of policies and procedures published in 16 volumes of the FAM and 38 corresponding sections of the Foreign Affairs Handbook (FAH). Changes to the Department's organizational structure or the way it conducts U.S. Government business will usually trigger the need to update the FAM or FAHs. 1 FAM 410-450 contains documentation pertaining to the following administrative components: - 410 Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM - 420 Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EEB) - 430 Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) - 440 Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC)

Activity
Community Rating
0.0
Your Rating
Raters
0
Visits
126
Downloads
100
Comments
0
Contributors
0
Meta
Category
Population
Permissions
Public
Tags
Verification and Compliance, Arms Control, Political-Military Affairs, Economic and Business Affairs, Intelligence and Research
Licensing and Attribution
Data Provided By
Department of State
Source Link
(none)
Dataset Summary
Agency
Department of State
Date Released
02/15/2011
Date Updated
02/15/2011
Time Period
1980-2011
Frequency
As needed
High Value Dataset
Y
Suggested by Public
N
Dataset Information
Data.gov Data Category Type
Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation
Administrative
Unique ID
4807
Extended Type
Data Extraction Tool
Dataset Coverage
Unit of Analysis
Agency-wide
Data Description
Collection Mode
phone/paper, phone/computer, person/paper, person/computer
Data Collection Instrument
http://www.state.gov/m/a/dir/regs/fam/01fam/0400/index.htm
Data Dictionary
http://www.state.gov/m/a/dir/regs/fam/01fam/0400/index.htm
Data Quality
Data Quality Certification
Yes
Privacy and Confidentiality
Yes
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
Department of State