By Patricia H. Kushlis
Here is an ever lengthening list of links to posts in my WV series about continuing Human Resources problems at the State Department. I have now written 23 different posts. They appear in chronological order with the most recent (May 25, 2013) at the top and the oldest (January 23, 2008) at the bottom.
Why is this compendium important? These problems are systemic, non-partisan, and negatively impact the functioning of what should be the lead foreign affairs department in the US government. They could and should be corrected. The problems identified may foremost be a result of long time neglect of a once proud department combined with a law (The Foreign Service Act of 1980) that has failed this country's diplomats and by extension the American people for more than 20 years.
Novel Suggestion: A Qualified Nominee for America's Next Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy? May 24, 2013
Can the Foreign Service Reform Itself? If So How and Where to Begin? April 23, 2013.
Maura Harty's Latest State Department Reincarnation, January 18, 2013.
Benghazi and State: Where do the Bucks Stop, January 11, 2013.
GAO Taking a Look at State Department HR Bureau, November 14, 2012.
Benghazi: So Many Questions, So Few Answers, September 23, 2012.
Joan's Case #5: Three failed attempts to have State's Office of Inspector General Do Something Other than Cover Up, October 3, 2012.
Joan's Case #4: Joan and the Office of Special Counsel Investigation, July 23, 2012.
Joan's Case #3, Cover-Up, Not Clean Up, June 9, 2012.
The State of State: Joan's Case Continued, May 2, 2012.
State Department Human Resources: A System Run Amok, March 14, 2012
Still a Man's World - Foggy Bottom's Bohemian Grove, July 22, 2011
A Whistle Blown at State, Finally, November 23, 2010
Smoking Gun or Whitewash: the Continuing State Department Human Resources Saga, October 12, 2010 with November 17, 2010 Update
The 2007 Passport Fiasco, Maura Harty and State’s Presidential Rank Awards, Sept.1, 2010
The Broom’s April Check Up, April 16, 2010
Large Broom Still Needed, February 15, 2010
System in Need of a Large Broom: Buyer Beware, December 2, 2009
Clean Up Time at Foggy Bottom, March 9, 2009
Cleaning Up the Shenanigans and Reinstituting the Golden Rule, June 20, 2008
Favoritism in the Ranks Saga Continues at State, May 27, 2008
Why the AFSA Survey Was Right, February 26, 2008
Problems A Plenty on the Listing Ship of State, January 23, 2008
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