The Foreign Service Journal, November 2011

N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 1 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 27 ordination Strategies as aggregated by USAID. The overall budget proposal will then be presented to the Deputy Secretary for Management and the Secretary of State. The Director of Foreign Assistance will also ap- prove uses of appropriated funds and any significant changes in allocations during the fiscal year. The ultimate goal is to ensure that diplomatic and development activi- ties are mutually reinforcing. •Crisis response. The QDDR establishes prevention and response to crises, conflicts and instability as a core mis- sion of the State Department. This mission also includes stabilization and reconstruction as active combat draws to a close (e.g., in Iraq). The QDDR emphasizes: “The State Department will lead operations in response to political and security crises and conflicts,” while “USAID will lead op- erations in response to humanitarian crises.” To carry out State’s responsibilities, the QDDR calls for creation of an Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights. The current Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization will be- come the core bureau under the new under secretary and will coordinate early prevention efforts and any necessary rapid deployment of civilian responders. The current bu- reaus of International Narcotics; Population, Refugees and Migration; and Democracy, Human Rights and Labor will be united, along with other State Department offices, under the new under secretary’s aegis. The existing Civilian Response Corps consists of an ac- tive segment of 250 immediately deployable officers and a stand-by reserve of up to 2,000 active and retired federal employees trained in various aspects of nation-building and deployable on reasonably short notice. (A Civilian Reserve of private citizens was authorized but never funded by Con- gress.) The QDDR now proposes to replace this entity with a newExpert Corps. Continuing improvements based on lessons learned will be made in surge capacity. Management Improvements Finally, the QDDR will also produce various manage- ment improvements including, inter alia, the following: C OVER S TORY