Ms. DeBlauw informed the IEB that the final Recap invoices for FY17 were issued in mid-February, and that the ISC had received 167 signed agreements back (55%). The initial FY17 informational invoices will be sent out shortly to the agencies. ICASS Working Group (IWG) Report Philip French, IWG Chair, informed the IEB members that since January 2017, the IWG has featured a series of briefings by the Regional Bureau Executive Department’s Directors. The Bureaus brief on their successes and challenges, and provide agency representatives with the opportunity to ask questions, discuss cost savings and service improvements. Mr. French also echoed Mr. comments about collaboration in ICASS. He Wedderien’s stated that ICASS is unique, because it provides all the agencies an opportunity to work together, to ensure the success of overseas. He wants to know the everyone’s mission concerns that agencies may have, so that he can properly address any issues within the IWG and with the respective service provider bureau or section. He encouraged Board members to ensure their IWG members are actively participating. Conclusion and Adjournment With no other business, Mr. Paul Wedderien thanked everyone for attending. He stated that if any of the agencies have concerns or questions, they can always reach out to him, or to the ICASS Service Center or IWG Chair whom he considers an excellent conduit between the agencies and the service providers. He announced that the next IEB meeting will be on June 15, 2017, at the Department of State. The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 A.M.
Ms. DeBlauw informed the IEB that the final Recap invoices for FY17 were issued in mid-February, and that the ISC had received 167 signed agreements back (55%). The initial FY17 informational invoices will be sent out shortly to the agencies. ICASS Working Group (IWG) Report Philip French, IWG Chair, informed the IEB members that since January 2017, the IWG has featured a series of briefings by the Department’s Regional Bureau Executive Directors. The Bureaus brief on their successes and challenges, and provide agency representatives with the opportunity to ask questions, discuss cost savings and service improvements. Mr. French also echoed Mr. Wedderien’s comments about collaboration in ICASS. He stated that ICASS is unique, because it provides all the agencies an opportunity to work together, to ensure the success of everyone’s mission overseas. He wants to know the concerns that agencies may have, so that he can properly address any issues within the IWG and with the respective service provider bureau or section. He encouraged Board members to ensure their IWG members are actively participating. Conclusion and Adjournment With no other business, Mr. Paul Wedderien thanked everyone for attending. He stated that if any of the agencies have concerns or questions, they can always reach out to him, or to the ICASS Service Center or IWG Chair whom he considers an excellent conduit between the agencies and the service providers. He announced that the next IEB meeting will be on June 15, 2017, at the Department of State. The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 A.M.
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