by mountainrunner | Feb 19, 2015 | Monitor
Updated February 19, 2015. Originally published December 24, 2008. This 1953 Journalism Quarterly article by Burton Paulu entitled “Smith-Mundt Act- A legislative history” (3.7mb PDF) is a good read for anyone interested in the subject of public diplomacy,...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jul 24, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis The U.S. government just embarked upon its newest international media adventure. No, I don’t mean via Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, You-Tube, webpages or other bits of the social media. That’s old news. The State Department, Embassies abroad...
by Matthew Wallin | Jan 10, 2013 | Monitor
Included in the passage of the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), was an interesting addendum updating the law that governs America’s public diplomacy efforts. The passage of the Smith-Mundt Modernization act as part of the NDAA removes the restriction on...
by Matt Armstrong | May 31, 2012 | Monitor
Read my post this morning at the Public Diplomacy Council website about the lack of serious debate over the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act. What is it about U.S. public diplomacy that we must hide it from Americans? Is it so abhorrent that it would embarrass the...
by Matt Armstrong | May 29, 2012 | Monitor
The current debate on the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act is filled with misinformation about the history of Smith-Mundt, some of it verging on blatant propaganda, making the overall discussion rich in irony. In 1947, the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional committee...
