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Dupa cum stiti, in urma cu ceva timp anuntam inceperea unei interesante colaborari cu IntelForum, colaborare axata in principal pe Project on Government Secrecy.
Astazi mi-au fost remise o înșiruire de documente interesante, pe care le voi prezenta celor interesati.

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SOMETHING "VERY WRONG" IN STATE DEPT HISTORY OFFICE

An Inspector General review of the State Department Office of the
Historian (HO) last month confirmed that there were serious management
defects in the Office and recommended reassignment of its Director as well as other changes.
The Office of the Historian is responsible for production of the Foreign
Relations of the United States (FRUS) series, which is the official
documentary history of U.S. foreign policy and one of the most important
vehicles for declassification of historical records.
Allegations of mismanagement and declining performance had surrounded the Office for years until the Chairman of the State Department Historical Advisory Committee, Prof. Wm. Roger Louis, resigned last December to dramatize his concerns that the FRUS series was "at risk." (See "State Dept: Crisis in the 'Foreign Relations' Series," Secrecy News, December 11, 2008).
"In varying degrees, nearly 75 percent of the present HO employees
interviewed ... were critical of the way the office is run," the IG
reported. "They alleged favoritism, cronyism, a lack of transparency,
lack of interest in the FRUS, disparagement of the staff, suspicion, an
absence of leadership, and, in general, the creation of an unhappy
workplace."
With plummeting employee morale and departures of experienced staff
historians, "something in HO is very wrong," the Inspector General
concluded. "HO is suffering from, and has for some time been handicapped by, serious mismanagement for which the director must be held accountable.... Despite any mitigating factors that may exist in favor of the director, this situation cannot be allowed to continue."
"It is a devastating indictment," said Prof. Warren Kimball, a Rutgers
historian who chaired an initial review of the situation earlier this
year. "Clearly the IG inspectors listened to what we had to say. It does
give one some faith in the State Department's internal monitoring system -- slow as it is."
The IG recommended reassignment of the Director, Dr. Marc Susser, to
another Department position, and he was in fact reassigned last month. On May 27, the State Department appointed Ambassador John Campbell to serve as the new Acting Director of the Office of the Historian. (See "After Critical Report, State Dept.'s Historian is Reassigned" by Walter Pincus, Washington Post, June 8, 2009.)

See "Management Review of the Office of the Historian," State Department Office of Inspector General, May 2009.

The IG review also underscored the difficulties facing the FRUS series,
which is supposed to present a "thorough, accurate, and reliable"
documentary account of U.S. foreign policy within 30 years of the events
described. In the past, the foreign policy of the Eisenhower Administration was covered in 66 volumes of FRUS. Despite a richer and
more complex record, the Nixon-Ford years were allocated only 57 volumes.
For the Reagan Administration, which has a fuller record still, only 38
FRUS volumes are planned.
Under present circumstances, the task of the FRUS series, although
mandated by law, is "almost unachievable," the IG said.

In principiu documentul emana de la Inspectorul General al State Department si face vorbire despre managementul defectuos al conducerii Biroului de Istorie al Departamentului de Stat. Documentul recomanda demisia directoruli acestui birou, precum si alte schimbari.
Mentionez ca Office of the Historian este responsabil oficial al istoriei documentare a Departamentului si a intregii politici externe a USA. Deasemeni, biroul este cel mai important corp statal implicat in declasificarea documentelor istorice.
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