The Foreign Service Journal, June 2005

American Foreign Service Association • June 2005 AFSA NEWS he American Foreign Service Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2005 dissent andperformance awards. AFSA places great emphasis on these awards, which serve to recognize the intellectual courage and outstanding achievements of ForeignServicepersonnel. AFSA will confer its annual awards on Friday, June 17, at 4 p.m. in the Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room of theDepartment of State. Eachawardwin- ner will receive a certificate of recognition and amonetary prize of $2,500. Everyone is welcome at the awards ceremony. To RSVP, call (202) 338-4045, ext. 515. For more information, callAwardsCoordinator BarbaraBerger at (202) 338-4045, ext. 521. CONSTRUCTIVE DISSENT AWARDS This year’s AFSAawards for intellectu- al courage, initiative and integrity in the context of constructive dissent will be pre- sented to the following Foreign Service employeeswhodemonstrated the courage to speak out and challenge the system on a subject related to their work: The CHRISTIAN A. HERTER AWARD , for a senior Foreign Service officer: JohnM. Evans , U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia The WILLIAM R. RIVKIN AWARD , for a mid-career officer: GeoffreyPyatt, Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs, Embassy NewDelhi Runners-up: Nancy Pettit, Jeffrey VanDreal, Monica Stein-Olson and Janina Jaruzelski , all of Embassy Moscow The W. AVERELL HARRIMAN AWARD , for a junior Foreign Service officer: James Arlen Holt , Assistant GSO, Embassy Seoul Runner-up: Richard Roesing , Embassy Abuja T AWARDEES TO BE HONORED AT JUNE 17 CEREMONY AFSA Selects 2005 Dissent and Performance Award Winners USAID GRIEVANCES AFSA Position on Oliver Case Upheld in Court BY DOUGLAS BROOME, AFSA SENIOR LABOR MANAGEMENT ADVISER W ehavebeenupdating Journal and AFSANET readers regularly about two USAID employees whom the Grievance Board ordered rein- stated. (SeeUSAIDAFSAVPBill Carter’s column in this issue and AFSA President John Limbert’s column in the January Journal .) Both employees had to appeal to federal court tocompelUSAIDcompliance. With substantial AFSA financial support, they hired grievance attorney Bridget Mugane. The first decision, in Charles Oliver v. United States, has recently been issued. It gives full vindication to AFSA’s legal arguments, which had already been accepted and amplified by the Foreign ServiceGrievanceBoard. As theGrievance Boardhaddone, the court rejectedUSAID’s Inside This Issue: NEWS BRIEFS.....................................2 USAID: TERMINAL MUSINGS.............3 WHAT MAKES GARY PROUD ............4 STATE: 3-D DIPLOMACY.....................5 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.........................6 KUDOS FROM THE HILL.....................7 CHEAP SHOTS DIARY.........................7 KNOW THE CONTACT RULES............9 Continued on page 3 Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy: Senator Richard Lugar AFSA’s Award for Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy will be conferred on Senator Richard Lugar, R-Ind., Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has agreed to present this award. Winners of this prestigious award in recent years have included Ambassador Richard Parker (2004), former Secretary of State George Shultz (2003) andAmbassador Thomas Pickering (2002). Previous recipients include Frank Carlucci, George H.W. Bush, David Newsom and Lee Hamilton. (See p. 18 for the interview with Sen. Lugar . ) r Continued on page 5