The Foreign Service Journal, September 2018

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2018 31 Studying State Studies of the Department of State and the Foreign Service come along nearly every year. Here are some from across the decades that still merit attention. Year Author Full Title Remarks 1949 Hoover Commission Task Force Report on Foreign Affairs of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government Commission established by act of Congress. President Harry S Truman named former President Herbert Hoover chairman. 1954 Wriston Committee Toward a Stronger Foreign Service: Report of the Secretary’s Public Committee on Personnel Committee convened by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Henry Wriston, president of Brown University, served as chairman. 1962 Herter Committee Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Personnel Sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Former Secretary of State Christian Herter was committee chairman. 1968 American Foreign Service Association — Committee on Career Principles Toward a Modern Diplomacy Graham Martin, committee chair; Lannon Walker, chair of AFSA’s board of directors. 1970 Department of State Diplomacy for the 70s: A Program of Management Reform for the Department of State The work of 13 task forces convened by Deputy Under Secretary for Management William Macomber. 1975 Murphy Commission Report of the U.S. Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy Commission created by act of Congress. Ambas- sador Robert D. Murphy served as chairman. 1993 Department of State Management Task Force State 2000: A New Model for Managing Foreign Affairs Study requested by Secretary of State James Baker. William Bacchus was executive director of the task force and principal author. 1998 Stimson Center Equipped for the Future: Managing U.S. Foreign Affairs in the 21st Century John Schall, principal author. 2001 Frank Carlucci and Ian Brzezinski State Department Reform: Report to the President Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2008 American Academy of Diplomacy and the Stimson Center A Foreign Affairs Budget for the Future: Fixing the Crisis in Diplomatic Readiness Support from Una Chapman Cox Foundation. Ambassador Thomas Boyatt, project chairman. 2015 American Academy of Diplomacy American Diplomacy at Risk Project team: Thomas Boyatt, Susan Johnson, Lange Schermerhorn, Clyde Taylor. 2016 The Heritage Foundation How to Make the State Department More Effective at Implementing U.S. Foreign Policy Brett D. Schaefer, principal author. 2017 Atlantic Council State Department Reform Report Report requested by House Foreign Affairs Committee. Kathryn Elliott, principal author.