State Department
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Social media is changing the way the State Department meets its mission. The agency is using Web 2.0 tools to create relationships and partnering with experts to figure out how best to use them.
June 03, 2010 -
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Mike Thibault, Co-Chairman of the Commission on Wartime Contracting, tells us about new findings on contracting in Iraq.
May 26, 2010 -
Learn all about how you might be able to make this work at your agency.
May 19, 2010 -
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling on retired diplomats to come back to work. Clinton says they\'re needed to help stabilize and rebuild conflict-torn countries. John Palguta from the Partnership for Public Service explains the rules of return to the diplomatic road.
May 11, 2010 -
Some of the federal government\'s top web managers and producers are seeing some new, cutting edge tools.
April 29, 2010 -
The 2010 Government Web and New Media Conference continues today at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown, D.C. Some of the federal government\'s top web managers and producers are getting a look at some new, cutting edge tools now being developed for federal websites by a new unit of the General Services Administration.
April 28, 2010 -
A new way to communicate and collaborate is coming soon to the State Department.
April 27, 2010 -
New White House guidance calls for agencies to submit data feeds to OMB\'s Cyberscope tool. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra hopes the information will give agencies a better idea of vulnerabilities and threats to computer networks. Agencies may have to shift money away from traditional reports to upgrade systems to meet new FISMA requirements.
April 22, 2010 -
NARA\'s new report to the President finds that fewer individuals are receiving classification authority. The document also says a majority of the information that is classified likely will stay secret for 10 years or less.
April 16, 2010 -
Bill would make cybersecurity diplomatic priority, NSA on the Flash-Media Hunt, Senate stalls cyber commander to probe digital war
April 13, 2010 -
April 12th and April 14th, 2009 Elizabeth F. Bagley Special Representative for Global Partnerships Office of the Secretary of State Department of State
April 12, 2010 -
In Washington, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the U.S. deplored the violence and urged all to respect the rule of law.
April 08, 2010 -
The State Department has international posts...and something called \"Virtual Presence Posts.\" The program helps the Department work with key cities, regions, and countries without an American embassy or consulate building. The state department website says that most of their Virtual Presence Posts have their own online sites. That way, diplomats have a choice of travel, public outreach programs, media events, or online webchats to create a \"virtual\" presence to connect with local populations.
March 22, 2010 -
The State Department Office of eDiplomacy is working to launch an internal networking site, tentatively called \"StateBook\", allowing employees to read open messages to and for each other. Office Director Richard Boly says the site will make it easy for State Department employees to identify other people\'s expertise - where they\'ve worked before - helping them collaborate in a mobile workforce. StateBook is the latest program marking a change from a post-Cold War secrecy to a need to share information internally.
March 22, 2010