[X][BASE] Now directly neighboring your space with the exploitation of Tarramir, SO 31 is valuable, not merely for the outer-system gas giants suitable for drive discharges and easily accessible to incoming craft, not merely for the low-gravity inner-system planet ideal for ground-based shipyards for anything up to and including heavy cruisers, not merely for the fact that its crust is as hard as nature makes rock and is all but impervious to orbital bombardment -- it also serves as an iron-clad anchor for the SO 28 microcluster, which Virani has begun to finally exploit.
[X][FDO] Virani makes good points regarding research outposts, and communicating your priorities to subordinates is not a new idea. Durrahe can funnel project requests to her via Lissa.
[X][BASE] SO 13. Trailing of Tamure, SO 13 offers intriguing naval maneuver training opportunities thanks to the complex gravitational interactions seven stars around a black hole create. Furthermore, likely as a quirk of its formation, the system is very isolated from even its nearest neighbors, making it much easier to enforce security. After all, it being convenient to nothing means that the only people there are people with reason to be there. If the quarians are going to base out of your territory, they might as well keep sharp, and your own forces will benefit as well.
[X][FDO] While giving the FDO total authority over full colonies would be a horrid mangling of their mission, they have proven their talent at the colonist selection process, in their own operations and in your preparations to settle the prospect in Assilia. In addition to the above, also integrate the Office into the selection process for new colonies as a matter of course.