The Foreign Service Journal, May 2010

44 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / M A Y 2 0 1 0 The State Department covers the costs for all the other agencies. In the FY 2010 budget, the prepon- derance of funding for the Corps came to the State Department, so we may pick up some of USAID’s expenses in the future. FSJ: What advice would you give to a Foreign Service member, retiree or active-duty, who reads this article and is interested in ap- plying for the Civilian Response Corps? JH: Readers can visit our Web site, www.crs.state.gov , to find out more about opportunities to join both S/CRS and the Civilian Response Corps. FSJ: Any final comments? JH: There was some skepticism about our office when it first started up a couple of years ago, but I think there’s less today. And the princi- pal reason is that we’ve had a num- ber of engagements, most of them successful, and through them have made friends and established a presence. S/CRS sits in the State Depart- ment and reports to the Secretary of State, but the Civilian Response Corps comprises eight agencies, which forces us to think in intera- gency terms — to really work closely with our friends and partners throughout the State Department and the wider U.S. government. FSJ: Thank you very much, Ambassador Herbst. ■ F O C U S “Our yearlong partnership with Embassy Dhaka resulted in the State Department recognizing its Mission Strategic Plan as ‘MSP of the Year.’”