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Record Nr.

UNINA9910700745603321

Titolo

Engaging foreign audiences [[electronic resource] ] : assessment of public diplomacy platforms could help improve State Department plans to expand engagement : report to the Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ii, 43 pages) : illustrations, maps

Soggetti

Diplomacy

Overseas information libraries, American

International libraries

Library outreach programs

Social media

United States Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF cover (GAO, viewed Mar. 29, 2011).

"July 2010."

"GAO-10-767."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Letter -- Background -- State Utilizes a Broad Range of External Outreach Platforms around the World -- State Faces Various Challenges to Using Overseas Platforms, but Officials Have Identified Several Opportunities for Leveraging These Platforms -- State Intends to Expand Its Use of Outreach Platforms through Varying Plans for Individual Platforms -- Despite Plans to Expand Engagement with Foreign Audiences, State Has Not Evaluated Its Outreach Platforms, Making It Difficult to Assess Their Relative Effectiveness -- Conclusions -- Recommendations for Executive Action -- Agency Comments and Our Evaluation -- Appendix I. Objectives, Scope, and Methodology -- Appendix II. Maps of Overseas Public Diplomacy Platforms -- Appendix III. Comments from the Department of State -- Appendix IV. GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments.