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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE JANUARY 1996
STRAIGHT TALK
FROM-THE
UNDER SECRETARY
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State (ISSN 0278-1859) (formerly the Depart- ‘Tip of the hat’ many of these professionals, I can find no
ment of State Newsletter) is published by the U.S. rational reason to object to their inclusion
Department of State to acquaint its employees, at
home and abroad, with developments that may affect SEQUIM, WASH. on any promotion list.
operations or personnel. There are 11 monthly issues DEAR EDpDITOoR: No matter what the numbers may be
(no issue in September). My congratulations to Anne Patchell among the ‘‘generalists,’’ our ‘‘specialist’’
Deadline for submitting material is in the first and others for the ‘‘Post of the Month: colleagues deserve to earn promotions in
week of each month for the issue dated the
following month. Contributions (consisting of gen- Lilongwe’’ feature in the September/ direct proportion to available opportunities
eral information, feature articles, poems, photo- October issue. If ‘‘a picture is better than at the next-higher grade level.
graphs, drawings) are welcome. Double-space, spell- 1,000 words,’’ Lilongwe wrote a book in Sincerely,
ing out job titles, names of offices and programs— a few pages of STATE—outstanding pho- PATRICK F. KENNEDY
acronyms are not acceptable. Send contributions
(anonymous submissions will not be published) to tography and everything from people to Assistant secretary for administration 0
STATE magazine, PER/ER/SMG, SA-6, Room 433, nature to the local scene.
Washington, D.C. 20522-0602. Telephone: (703) I was not surprised, having had the Words omitted
516-1667. Fax: (703) 812-2475. Contributions may pleasure of working briefly with Ms.
also be dropped off in Room 3811 Main State. ANDERSON, S.C.
Although intended for internal communication, Patchell in Jakarta, but I do believe
STATE is available to the public through the Super- STATE’s pictorial portrayal of Lilongwe DEAR EDITOR:
intendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing deserves a special tip of the hat. Thank you for printing my letter in
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (telephone the September/October issue. I suppose
Sincerely,
202-783-3238) the length of my letter required the
FRANK D. DurFeY 0
extensive amount of editing to fit it into
Editor Sanford (Whitey) Watzman your publication. I realize that, for many
Deputy editor Barbara Quirk On promotions reasons, you have the option to edit
Staff assistant Kim Banks(
WASHINGTON letters, but I thought that the performance
DEAR EDITOR: of my Vietnamese employees during this
While Stephanie Kinney (Letters, eventful period deserved recognition as
November) is certainly entitled to her well. Without their expertise and dedica-
opinion on the issue of RIFs (reductions tion under fire, General Westmoreland’s
STRAIGHT TALK in force) and furloughs, her assertions phone call to the Pentagon might never
about ‘“‘specialist’’ promotions into the have been successful.
Senior Foreign Service cannot stand with- In the second paragraph of my
out comment. printed letter there is an omission that
She is correct that a number of causes the reader to become confused. It
promotions into the Senior Foreign Serv- reads: ‘‘I accepted as my patriotic duty
FROM THE ice (as well as several promotions from ...’ The words ‘‘this assignment’’ were
UNDER SECRETARY
FE-OC to FE-MC) went to medical, omitted. It should read: ‘‘I accepted this
information management and security per- assignment as my patriotic duty ...’’
sonnel. However, what she fails to note is Sincerely,
How would a balanced
that these individuals were not in competi- Gorpon J. BRUEGL 0
budget affect the Department
tion against ‘‘generalists.’’ They competed
oUvnedre r thes ecnreextta rys evfeonr myaenaarsg?e - against their peers for senior vacancies in —(Continued on Page 55)
ment Richard M. Moose their own fields. Having chaired the
looks ahead. Story on Page 2. Senior Threshold Board for ‘‘specialists’’
and having had the honor to work with
State
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News Stories Feature Stories | Departments and
; Features
2 Straight talk from the 11 A physicist to the rescue
under secretary for in Paris 6 Appointments
management .
36 Officer critiques book on 19 ‘Ask Dr. Rigamer”’
6 Study shows sex embassies in crisis
harassment still exists 37 Bureau Notes
at State
13 Education and Training
6 Alan Lang wins 2nd term Photo Stories
at Open Forum 12 Honors and Awards
is 23 Post of the Month:
6 William Milam to head Rangoon | 20 Music at State
operations in Liberia
i ‘ 6 News Highlights
6 5 bureaus announce Civil Specials
Service training 54 Obituaries
opportunities 8 Best Photos of 1995
, : +28 Personnel:
8 Joanne Rizzo takes top 33 1995 Promotion Civil Service
nurse practitioner award Statistics
; 30 Personnel:
8 Contracting kudos for 53 Survey: tell us what you Foreign Service
William Plummer; like and don’t like i re oaks it eee
C. Alison Barkley 56 Library BaUKMICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
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On RIFs: read all
about them here;
Moose assesses
the impact on
State of a U.S.
balanced budget
Following is the text of an extem-
poraneous interview given to STATE maga-
zine by Richard Moose, the Department’s
under secretary for management, before
the second furlough. He was questioned
by editor Sanford Watzman.
Q—Mr. Moose, at this point in time,
we'd need a fortune-teller to find out what
our appropriation is going to be from
Congress for this fiscal year. But I'd like
to go beyond that, anyway. We now have
an agreement in principle between the
White House and Congress that we’ll
arrive at a balanced budget in the year
2002. If this holds up, what sort of impact
will that have on State Department opera-
tions over these next seven years?
A—It will have this sort of impact:
we're going to have to make cuts that are
steeper, and we’ll have to do this earlier.
Q—Do you see us reaching a plateau
during the seven years, or are we looking
at a steady descent?
A—We need to reach a plateau, and
if we adjust to what the President and
O.M.B. (his Office of Management and iss
Budget) ask of us, we'll get to that
‘.. Prudent management requires that we plan to
number.
Q—Happily? accomplish our mission in a restructured form ... ’
A—No. I want to emphasize that
Secretary Christopher believes we need
more funding, not less. We have world-
wide responsibilities that must be carried pursue our efforts on behalf of the new we'll be seeing a maturing congressional
out. So we don’t intend to just let things independent states of the former Soviet attitude on this point. So I think this will
happen to us; there’s going to be a Union? Everyone agrees that both things turn around.
struggle. Foreign affairs actually requires need doing—and we simply have to have Q—Are you sure of that?
a larger allocation than it’s been the money to do all that. A—There’s no guarantee of it. That
receiving. Q—O.K., but if you were a book- being so, prudent management requires
Q—We’ve been getting a little more maker, what odds would you give on that we plan to accomplish our mission in
than 1% of the national budget—1.3%, I being able to retain the 1.3%? a restructured form.
believe. Will we be able to maintain that? A—I think that in a couple, three Q—Well, historically, salaries ac-
A—We have to maintain that. We years from now, we'll be getting what we count for more than half of what the State
actually need to increase it. Just to cite need. Right now, we’re coming off the Department spends. As the budget shrinks,
one example, how can we keep accom- end of the cold war, and I believe there’s if it does, are we going to be able to
plishing what we’ve been doing in the been an overreaction to that. at the continue to allocate that proportion to
former Yugoslavia and at the same time expense of the foreign affairs budget. But payroll?
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A—We will, unless we make a with this balanced-budget agreement. And in the Government that agency managers
conscious decision to adjust that ratio. We I’m less confident now than before that also dread RIFs. What makes this so
need to look at the ratio. Already, our we can avoid RIFs. undesirable from management’s point of
employees don’t have the support they Q—When might they be coming? view?
require in terms of information technol- A—First we have to go through a A—lIt’s the human component that’s
ogy, housing, motor vehicles, furniture— whole series of steps. And I still have my so distressing to all of us. We have a
you name it. instructions from Secretary Christopher: dedicated and highly-motivated workforce.
Q—Let me ask you point-blank: are ‘‘Do everything possible to avoid RIFs.”’ It always does its best in the face of real
RIFs (reductions in force) coming? And I am certainly going to carry out danger and considerable discomfort, and
A—We’re already meeting the N.P.R. those instructions and do everything possi- so there’s a sense of contract there that’s
(National Performance Review) guidelines ble. We’re still fighting for higher budget being violated. The prospect of RIFs is
for reductions in personnel. But the distressing—very distressing. These are
figures we’re looking at now will require human beings whom we know, we like,
us to go below those levels. We’re we work with.
embarking on a series of steps right now Q—So you do have RIF plans in
that will require us to live with lower place?
budgets. And we want to do that in the A—Not plans. Procedures.
most humane manner possible. For exam- Q—What procedures?
ple, we’re studying how we can redirect A—Procedures on how we would
people, whose current positions may be proceed. On the Foreign Service side,
abolished, to perform tasks now being we've been discussing these procedures
done by contractors. In some skill codes, with Afsa (the American Foreign Service
we still have a deficit, which means that Association), though they’re not in a legal
we want to be able to move people around sense negotiable. On the Civil Service
while retraining them. By retraining, we side, the procedures are well-known and
hope to cushion the impact of personnel straightforward.
reductions. Q—lIf worse comes to worse, would
Q—You said last June in Frankfurt, there be RIFs in both the Foreign Service
at a chiefs-of-mission meeting: ‘‘The and the Civil Service?
bottom line is that staff reductions are A—In both, undoubtedly.
staring us in the face.’’ That’s still true, is Q—lIn one more than the other?
it? A—It’s impossible to say that. I
A—Let me point out that the work- ... The workforce has don’t know. First we have to determine
force has already gone down by 1,900 which categories of persons at which
Americans and Foreign Service nationals. already gone down by levels are in surplus. I just can’t imagine
This will continue at a probably somewhat that we’d make a deliberate decision of
greater rate in the out years. So there’s no Loe...’ one service over the other. It’ll be more a
escaping that there’ll be a smaller Foreign function of what skills we’d need and at
Service and a smaller Department. But I what level.
hope that it will also be better equipped numbers, and we aiso want to see how Q—Have those calculations been
and better trained. well we can proceed with having contrac- made?
Q—tThat 1,900 was achieved through tors replaced by employees. A—No. We haven’t established a
attrition and buyouts, right? Q—Still, you were speaking about RIF register, as has been done at one or
A—That’s right. prudent management. And I take it that two of the other foreign affairs agencies.
Q—How’s attrition been going? that means, too, that you have to plan for Q—My last questions about RIFs:
A—wWe brought forward some of it RIFs. would they come more so in the field
with the buyouts. I don’t know whether A—Sure, prudent management re- rather than at headquarters, or vice versa?
Congress will give us another buyout. I quires us to focus intensively on the A—Again, that’s not necessarily how
sometimes feel we’ve run one buyout too workforce question and to do some we would frame a decision. But I will say
many—we’ve lost a lot of valuable strategic planning. We have to arrive at that, in managing the budget, my strategy
people. And in the Foreign Service, we're some concept of what we want to see the has been to protect the field by drawing
losing people to time-in-class because Department look like in the year 2002. down the Washington support structure.
promotions are restricted. Then we'll see how many people and Still, you can only go so far in doing that.
Q—So there’s certain to be RIFs what sort of people we’re going to need. Q—Let me ask you now about post
over the next seven years? Q—We know too well how closings. You’ve announced a dozen for
A—It’s possible we may be able to employees feel about RIFs—the morale this fiscal year, with Stuttgart a possible
avoid them. In my own thinking, I haven’t factor and so forth. But I’ve heard it said 13th. Are there more coming?
quite yet passed the point where I can say A—Undoubtedly we’ll close more.
that RIFs are more likely than not. But (State Department photos by Shawn Also we’re going to see the creation of
Moore)
this much is true: they’re more likely now many small posts—micro-embassies. I’m
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DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS
to the quality of life. A larger proportion A—You mean about having the
Post closings of funds will go to improve staff housing money to do it?
rather than to new offices. Q—Yes.
are announced Q—tThere are people on the outside A—I’m not optimistic about getting
who say the Foreign Service lives well as much as we really need, but I am
enough already, with servants and all. optimistic about being able to make
After consultations with Congress, A—That’s a misconception that some considerable progress. We already have.
the Department has decided to close these people have had for a long time. What As a result of S.M.I. (the Department’s
12 posts by September 30: Lubumbashi., they’re talking about is almost a thing of Strategic Management Initiative), we now
Malabo, Victoria, Porto Alegre, Brisbane, the past. What these people don’t see are have 97% of our employees with access to
Cebu, Medan, Udorn, Bilbao, Bordeaux, the places where Foreign Service people unclassified E-mail.
Poznan and Zurich. live where they’re not living like a normal Q—So even with a worst-case sce-
The Senate has asked that Stuttgart family. Places where they have to have nario, you expect considerable improve-
not be closed until after the celebrations help just to find food—like in the new ments?
this year marking the 200th anniversary of independent states. Places where they A—Yes, absolutely. Our objective
American/Baden Wuerttemberg friendship, have to wash their fruits and vegetables. now is to provide personal computers for
and the Department has agreed. 0 Where they don’t have the household everyone who needs one, and to provide
labor-saving devices that are part of office applications that will enhance the
middle-class life in the United States. work of the offices. Our goal is to begin
talking about a post with just one or two Q—What return do you expect from in fiscal year 1999 to deploy a State
people, a laptop and a_ classified an investment in the quality of life? message system that will be compatible
telephone. A—I hope we will get a happier and with the Defense message system. This
Q—You mean, then, that you intend more productive workforce. And a safer will give us worldwide desktop-to-
to leave most embassies in place, but with one. desktop, classified and unclassified, com-
less staffing? Q—On Capitol Hill, Secretary munications, handling both record traffic
A—Yes. Secretary Christopher wants Christopher has been emphasizing the and E-mail.
us to try to maintain the principle of need for investing in information systems. Q—Speaking of S.M.I., you said at
universality, or at least near-universality. Over these next seven years, do you think that meeting in June that it’s come up
So we'll be closing more consulates than you'll still be able to do that? with ‘‘lots of things we should do but
embassies. A—Yes. That is our highest invest- with almost nothing that we should stop
Q—Will there be another list of ment priority. doing.’’ Does this represent a failure of
closings next year? Q—Are you optimistic about this? the S.M.I.?
A—I would say that, by the end of
this fiscal year (next September 30), we’ll
have another list—but not necessarily as
long. Again, that depends on our budget.
Q—Back to the budget then. Let me
ask you now whether a smaller budget is
going to impinge on Secretary Christo-
pher’s goal of also improving the quality
of life and the work environment of
Department employees.
A—Obviously, a smailer budget
would make this more difficult.
Q—Would you have to scrap those
plans then?
A—No. I think we might have to
accord them an even higher priority. For
example, in the foreign buildings area I
don’t think we’re going to see any more
new embassies under construction, with
the possible exceptions of Ottawa and
Berlin. Instead, we’re going to be giving
more attention to staff housing. There'll
be a higher priority there. We want to
take the hassle out of Foreign Service life.
.. I don’t thirk we’re going to see any more
We’ve been re-engineering the transfer
process so that changing posts will be less
new embassies under construction ...’
of an harassing experience. So I think
these things are going to be a contribution
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A—No, it’s just an area where I wish
we could have gone further. We still need Moose, in switch,
to focus more tightly on our core
functions. queries the editor
Q—tThat’s still an objective?
A—Yes, we have to stop doing some
When editor Sanford Watzman con-
things, and we have to do other things
cluded his interview with Richard Moose,
more efficiently. But S.M.I. is continuing
under secretary for management, the under
to produce results for information technol-
secretary turned the tables and interviewed
ogy. And it’s brought an end to a lot of
the editor, asking Mr. Watzman for his
reporting that we’d otherwise be continu-
reflections after 19 years in the Depart-
ing to do without S.M.I.
ment. Following are excerpts from a couple
Q—Getting back to that seven-year
of his replies:
timeframe, what will the average embassy
—‘‘One of the great strengths others
look like in the year 2002?
ascribe to us is our knowledge of the
A—Many of them will be smaller.
processes of other governments. But one
They'll have more information technol-
problem I’ve seen with the Foreign Service
ogy. And I hope that the personnel will be
is that some officers really don’t know
more diverse in terms of both gender and
America that well and how it works. That’s
race.
why the Pearson Program is a great one. It
Q—Why?
gets our people out into other areas of the
A—Because I think a strong Foreign
United States. I wish there were money to
Service is one that is more representative
get more employees out into the country in
of America. And let me add that embassy
an unstructured way. They get a distorted The editor with the under secretary.
functions will be centered around more
view from inside the Beltway.”’
tightly-focused goals and objectives.
—‘‘An admirable thing we have, agreed with a policy, but for the most part
Q—What about all those Inman
though, is the loyalty of our people to the they stay and carry it out. This is typical of
chanceries you have overseas?
elected Presidents of the United States and the military and it’s just as important that
A—I wish I knew. Some of them
their policies. There have been a few diplomats do so. This is darn impres-
would make very good central banks or
officers who resigned because they dis- sive.
ministries of defense.
Q—You’re not suggesting you'll try
to get rid of them?
A—Oh no. I’m just saying that, apart specialist skills, we won’t necessarily try Q—Is there any other point you'd
from their having cost so much money to to fill them out of the career Foreign like to make?
build, they’re enormously expensive to Service. I’m thinking particularly about A—Yes. I hope that we’ll be able to
operate. I don’t know how I’m going to scientific skills. Also, we'll have more develop a vision of the Department of the
pay for running them, but I’m not going excursion tours, more details from other future, and to adapt our workforce to that
to move out of them. We can’t—Congress agencies. vision. I'd like to see restored to the
isn’t going to give us the money. But they Q—Will State employees need a Department of State that high sense of
will have smaller staffs—yes. greater degree of computer literacy? purpose and pride for which it’s always
Q—In other words, you’re stuck with A—Yes. We ought to require that as been noted. So the sooner we sort out
them? an entry skill. where we’re going, the quicker we'll be
A—That’s right. We didn’t build Q—Will you? able to do that. And I think that sorting-
them in the first place with an eye toward A—I’ve been talking about that, out will be best done by the men and
efficient operation but rather to take care exploring that. women of the Department itself. I'd rather
of our security concerns. And then we Q—Summing up, I think Pll have to they do it than that it be done elsewhere
were supposed to get the money to say that you sound more optimistic than in this town.
operate them. But I should add that we’re I'd expected, in view of what’s been Q—When you say elsewhere, do you
making progress with our energy conser- going on elsewhere in Washington. mean in the Office of Management and
vation program. These buildings weren’t A—I’m optimistic over the longer Budget and in Congress?
.built to be energy-efficient, you know. term. A—Yes, there and in Congress and
Q—What about the people of the Q—Why? also in ... well, I'll just leave it at that.
State Department, Civil Service and For- A—Because we have a very intel- Q—Thanks for the interview. I think
eign Service. What sort of people will we ligent and highly-motivated workforce. the readers of the magazine are going to
have in place seven years from now? Right now we’re in the midst of a very find it very helpful.
A—People who are more flexible, confusing time of change. But the institu- A—And thanks for the opportunity
who’ll be able to cover a greater variety tion can transform itself into one that’s this has given me to answer some of the
of matters. Foreign Service officers will prepared to continue to provide foreign questions that I know are on everyone's
be less specialized. Where we need policy leadership into the next century. mind. @
January 1996
NEWS
miGeaLligitT&
Lang re-elected vis-a-vis State, were the other agencies Mr. Milam returned to Washington in
with the worst reported records regarding 1975 as an international economist in the
to head Open women. Office of Fuels and Energy. He was
As to men, the reported percentage at named deputy director of the Office of
Forum; Harris State was the highest among all the Monetary Affairs in 1977, and later served
agencies, with the Veterans Administra- as director, 1980-83. In the latter year he
is vice chairman tion coming in second at 27%. was appointed deputy chief of mission in
Deidre Davis, State’s deputy assistant Yaounde. He was deputy assistant secre-
secretary for equal employment oppor- tary for international finance and develop-
tunity and civil rights, commented: ‘*Dur- ment, 1985-90. He served as U.S. envoy
ing fiscal year 1995, three sexual harass- in Dhaka, 1990-93.
ment complaints were filed with my Mr. Milam was born in Bisdee, Ariz.,
office. The fact that there are many on July 24, 1936. He earned a bachelor’s
individuals who feel aggrieved, yet they from Stanford and a master’s from Michi-
do not seek redress, is alarming. Individ- gan. His foreign language is French. He
uals should never hesitate to bring offen- holds the John Clement Dunn Award, the
sive and discriminatory behavior to our Superior Honor Award, the Presidential
attention. Meritorious Service Award and the Presi-
‘‘During this fiscal year, my office dential Award for Outstanding Service. 0
will be conducting equal employment
Expand training
opportunity and affirmative action brief-
Mr. Lang Mr. Harris
ings for all bureaus, and will strongly
Alan Lang has won a new term as convey the message that the discrimina- for Civil Service
chairman of the Secretary’s Open Forum, tion and harassment of any kind will not
and Kenneth J. Harris has been elected be tolerated.’’ in 5 bureaus
vice chairman. Those seeking to become The merit systems board report, to
active on forum working groups are the President and Congress, is entitled After submitting competitive pro-
encouraged to contact: **Sexual Harassment in the Federal Work- posals, five bureaus have been selected to
John K. Bauman and Carol Lee place: Trends, Progress, Continuing provide expanded training opportunities
Hamrin, U.S.-China relations, Extensions Challenges.’’ 0 for their Civil Service employees. The
72265 and 73981, respectively; Jennifer winners were announced by Richard
Douglas, conflict resolution, civil society Milam tapped Moose, under secretary for management,
and democracy, 79660; Richard L. responding to a recommendation from his
Greene, public administration and man- Civil Service Advisory Committee.
agement, 77490; V.L. Elliott, international for Monrovia The Bureau of Public Affairs pro-
security studies, 77016; Charles Hughes, poses to send three employees involved in
lecture series planning committee, 75467; Secretary Christopher has designated public outreach on a sequence of three
Hiram G. Larew, science and technology William B. Milam, a former ambassador 4-month-long specialty-related details.
policy, 77065; and former ambassador to Bangladesh, as chief of mission in The Bureau of Consular Affairs will
Robert Sayre, international economics. 0 Monrovia. Mr. Milam served as USS. hire a temporary employee for the pass-
special negotiator port systems staff to permit a permanent
Study indicates for environmental employee to serve as a roving systems
and scientific affairs administrator, covering domestic passport
that State has until recently. He agencies while their system administrators
now succeeds Wil- receive advanced training.
problem with sex liam P. Twaddell. The Foreign Service Institute will
Mr. Milam establish a committee to solicit and
joined the Foreign identify information resource management “7
harassment
Service in 1962 and professional candidates for training
became vice consul courses ranging from two weeks to three
A report published by the U.S. Merit in Martinique. After months. A professional in that field will
Systems Protection Board asserts that half an assignment as as- serve progressively as the replacement for
the women responding to a questionnaire Mr. Milam sistant economic of- each of the candidates selected for
at State reported in 1994 that they had ficer in Monrovia, he served as economic training.
experienced sexual harassment. For men, officer and desk officer for Mali, 1967-69. The Bureau of African Affairs pro-
the figure was 29%. He pursued economic studies at the poses to cross-train two of its manage-
The Department of Transportation University of Michigan before becoming a ment assistants who are doing personnel
(51%), the Navy (50%), the Air Force financial economist in the Office of work by sending them on_four-to-six-
(49%) and the Department of Justice Monetary Affairs in 1970. He held a month details to the Staffing Division of
(49%), all within one percentage point similar position in London, 1973-75. the Office of Civil Service Personnel
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ome
Management, Bureau of Personnel. At the November 27 address, the bureau said it
end of the year, that office will send two To our readers: arranged more than 115 interviews with
staffing technicians to African Affairs for Department experts in 33 states and
a month to learn bureau processes. we're changing Washington, and with regional and na-
Oceans and International Environ- tional radio affiliates and _ regional
mental and Scientific Affairs will develop and we need newspapers.
a public affairs strategy for its numerous ‘‘Our emphasis on_ talk/news/call-in
environmental and scientific endeavors by your help formats has paid off in obtaining sizeable
detailing a Civil Service employee to a blocks of air time to inform Americans
public relations firm and to a nongovern- Here at STATE, as elsewhere in the about U.S. foreign policy objectives and
ment organization. This will be augmented address areas of disagreement,’ the bu-
Department, the magazine is in_ the
by a detail to the Bureau of Public process of ‘‘re-inventing’’ its operations reau said. Appearances have also been
Affairs’ Office of Public Liaison in a arranged on seven nationally syndicated
(see survey on Page 29.) As part of that
three-month exchange with that bureau. change, the magazine is converting to programs, plus Knight-Ridder (26 papers)
Twelve bureaus submitted a total of and Gannett News Service interviews (50
desktop publishing over the next several
24 proposals for consideration. papers).
months. Starting January 2, the editor will
A Department Notice said: ‘‘While give priority to submissions sent on discs. Deputy spokesman Glyn Davies
there were many worthy proposals, the (This includes 3%” or 5%” IBM- broke new ground by conducting a
winning ones were particularly creative, cyberspace interview on CompuServe’s
compatible discs in Microsoft, WordPer-
offered developmental or training oppor- ‘‘CNN Forum.’’ The Department also led
fect or Wang formats.) The use of discs
tunities for several employees through the administration in creating the first
will streamline production of the maga-
their ‘cascading’ effect, and furthered the World Wide Web feature section on
zine and save the Department several
Department’s Strategic Management Ini- **U.S. Policy on Bosnia,”” giving access to
thousand dollars annually.
tiative objectives.” the full text of the Dayton peace agree-
Articles may also be sent as E-mail
State signs attachments through the unclassified bmreinetf,i ngpsl uasn d reflaecvta nsth eettse sttiom onneyw,s sopregeacnhizeas-,
E-mail system, to the deputy editor,
tions, researchers and computer buffs
agreement on Barbara Quirk. around the world.
All articles (in either disc or E-mail
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of acronyms (spell out office names and
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approach, describing writers’ personal re-
actions to events they have witnessed or sabbatical leave
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life in the Foreign Service or Civil
Daniel Richard Russel has_ been
Service. The editor welcomes submissions awarded the 37th Una Chapman Cox
from employees, retirees and families. Sabbatical Leave Fellowship, for the
If you have questions, call Ms. Quirk, 1996-97 academic year.
(703) 516-1669. 0 Recipients of
the award are per-
process the cases of children brought to mitted a one-year
the United States from 42 countries that sabbatical leave
At the signing ceremony, from left: are parties to The Hague convention on with pay, during
Leslie Rowe, director, Office of Children’s international child abduction. The center’s which they receive
Issues; Shay Bilchik, Justice Department, efforts will be funded by the Department a $28,000 stipend
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and Exploited Children. man Cox Founda-
State pushes its
tion.
The consular bureau’s Office of Mr. Russel, an
Bosnia message
Children’s Issues has signed an agreement FS-02 currently as-
with the Department of Justice and the Mr. Russel signed to the Office
National Center for Missing and Exploited The Bureau of Public Affairs re- of the Under Secretary for Political
Children which will divert part of the ported it ‘‘went into high gear to get the Affairs, plans to research and write about
office’s workload to the center, enabling message out on Bosnia’’ via radio, televi- isolationism in America, and develop a
staffers to devote more attention to cases sion, newspapers and, for the first time, series of articles designed to relay the
of children who are abducted from the Internet cyberspace. underlying connection of America with
United States and taken to other countries. Building on the success of the the rest of the world. He was one of 31
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