Inspection of Consulate General Hamilton, Bermuda (ISP-I-02-39)
Operations at Consulate General Hamilton are focused on supporting airport preclearance procedures that facilitate American tourist travel, providing services to American citizens, resolving environmental issues that were left after the closing of the U.S. military and National Aeronautics and Space Administration bases, and encouraging the government of Bermuda to control money laundering. The consulate general is doing a good job of looking after these interests.
Relations between the United States and the self-governing United Kingdom Overseas Territory of Bermuda are good. The narrowly based Bermudan economy is heavily dependent on American tourism and offshore business operations that either represent U.S. companies or target U.S. markets.
Support and responsibility for Consulate General Hamilton are not centralized within the Department. Since Bermuda is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, it is reasonable that the consulate general fall under the auspices of Embassy London. The $2 million security construction project now underway requires more oversight by the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations to ensure that the work is done properly and in conformity with the contract.
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