by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jul 21, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Update August 26, 2014 Is there a reason that Bill Fitzgibbons – the apparent Hotline Coordinator in the office of the State Department’s Inspector General – e-mailed Joan Wadelton on July 3, 2014 at 2:07 in the afternoon just as the...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 22, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Of all the new appointments made by the Obama administration in the area of media and public relations, by far the most intriguing is Macon Phillips, the guru who shaped President Obama’s re-election social media campaign. Phillips is slated to...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | May 26, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Will persistence pay off or does hope just spring eternal? The former would be nice. On May 24, 2013, 51 former US Ambassadors and senior US government officials with extensive overseas and Washington experience in foreign affairs wrote to...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 14, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis I understand that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is investigating allegations of irregularities in the State Department's Bureau of Human Resources. For those of you not acquainted with the GAO please visit ...