GAO: ITA’s Global Markets Lacks Focus

Posted 5/13/23

The Commerce Department’s Global Markets unit has failed to develop a comprehensive workforce plan that would help it focus export promotion priorities across its domestic and overseas workforce, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

The report, Export Promotion: Commerce Should Improve Workforce Planning and Management of Its Global Markets Unit, released yesterday also notes that vacancies in the human capital office have prevented some foreign service officers from doing their jobs effectively.

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