State Department
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Under-investment has left the US Foreign Service overstretched and under prepared. Ambassador Robert Beecroft explains some of the challenges that has left behind.
March 14, 2011 -
From “State Department’s training program falls short” by Josh Rogin: The State Department spends over $250 million a year to train its professionals but lacks a good overall strategic plan to ensure that training is…
March 11, 2011 -
Fears that the leak of thousands of State Department memos to the website WikiLeaks would reverse progress on interagency sharing of national security information have not materialized, officials testified Thursday. Agencies have responded by recognizing the need to protect data rather than by hoarding it, they said.
March 11, 2011 -
The Office of the Inspector General at the State Department examined social media use in 22 foreign embassies.
March 10, 2011 -
Jess Ford, the director of International Affairs and Trade Issues at the GAO, explains how State can better invest in training.
March 10, 2011 -
Stuart Bowen told Congress the State Department is far from ready to take over the occupation of the country from the US military. We talk to him about that conclusion.
March 04, 2011 -
Federal News Radio surveyed 10 agencies to find out how they are preparing for a shutdown, and how operating under a continuing resolution is affecting their operations.
March 03, 2011 -
OMB mandated departments implement continuous monitoring of their cyber networks by 2012. Part of meeting that goal is understanding what hardware and software currently reside on the computing backbone.
February 25, 2011 -
A group of computer hackers hijacked websites run by the Voice of America this week, sending its online traffic to an Internet website claimed to be run by the Iranian Cyber Army.
February 23, 2011 -
By Jolie Lee Federal News Radio The State Department is ordering all non-emergency staff to leave Libya. The department said it is gravely concerned about reports that hundreds of people have been killed or injured…
February 21, 2011 -
The Open Source movement has opened a window for rapid development and implementation of technological solutions in the government space, but there are unresolved issues. State\'s Paul Swider tells us about a recent conference to address some of those issues.
February 16, 2011 -
Collaboration tools like Twitter have allowed agencies to communicate directly with constituents. For the State Department this week, the constituents have been the people and governments in the Arab world.
February 14, 2011 -
We get a first hand account of what it\'s been like to go from cruise ship vacationer to evacuee from communications consultant Fern Krauss.
February 04, 2011 -
James Pettit, deputy assistant secretary for the agency\'s Overseas Citizens Services, explains the logistics of evacuating personnel and U.S. citizens from Egypt.
February 03, 2011 -
Hundreds of foreigners have evacuated from Egypt, but it hasn\'t been easy. CNN\'s Bob Costantini gives us an update on the unfolding situation.
January 31, 2011