By Patricia H. Kushlis
Here is an ever lengthening list of links to posts in our WV series about continuing Human Resources and Management problems at the State Department. This series includes pieces by Joan Wadelton. All posts appear in chronological order beginning with September 14, 2020 at the top and ending with 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 decades.
It is the 21st Century - Organize the State Department's Administrative Functions to Reflect That, September 14, 2020
The Slow Wheels of Justice Grind On : DC Federal Court of Appeals Rules in Figuora's Favor June 22, 2019
Tillerson's Shriveled State: Maybe It Just Doesn't Matter Any More, November 28, 2017
For Washington: Avoiding the Seventh Labor of Hercules, August 11, 2016
Lies, Damned lies and non-comparable statistics: reporting diversity at the State Department, April 18, 2016.
More than Undiplomatic Moments: State's Diversity Record Remains Behind a Hard Line, February 15, 2016.
American Diplomacy: What Went Wrong and What Can be Done About It, May 26, 2015.
The Foreign Service: Still Clueless about the Face of America, December 12, 2014.
What's the Big Secret with State's Diversity Statistics and Why? August 25, 2014
Unfulfilled Promises, Ignored Mandates: State''s Abysmal Hispanic Record, July 14, 2014
State's Female Proof Glass Ceiling: Breaking into the Good Old Boys Diplomatic Club is still Hard to Do, June 23, 2014
Flawed Administration at State = Ineffective US Foreign Policy, October 4, 2013
Abedin the Irreplaceable: My Eye, August 26, 2013
The GAO Report: Plus ça change, plus c'est le même chose, August 1, 2013
Secretary Kerry - Please Fix It - Now, June 17, 2013
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.
Still a Man's World - Foggy Bottom's Bohemian Grove, July 22, 2011 (see also June 23, 2014 post above)
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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