The Foreign Service Journal, November 2013

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2013 5 November 2013 Volume 90, No. 11 FOREIGN SERVICE AFSA NEWS AFSA Holds Rally Against U.S. Government Shutdown / 49 VP Voice State: Union Democratic Governance—A Legacy Worth Preserving / 50 VP Voice Retiree: A New Approach to WAE Hiring / 51 VP Voice FCS: Challenges, New Developments and Progress / 52 AFSA in Action / 52 AFSA On the Hill: Non-Stop Advocacy—Not Just a Slogan / 53 AFSA’s Annual Audit: 2012 / 54 Coalition Protests Government Lockout / 54 AFSA Announces 2014 National High School Essay Contest: How Did Diplomacy Matter? / 55 Deputy Secretary of State Burns Visits AFSA / 55 Our Road Scholar Collaboration / 56 Dissent: Nominate a Colleague or Yourself / 56 Active After Active-Duty: Former FSO Makes the Most of Her 105 Years / 57 Sinclaire Awards Deadline / 58 COLUMNS President’s Views / 7 Due Process and the Collective Good BY ROBERT J . S I LVERMAN Speaking Out / 16 Keeping Faith with State’s Wounded Warriors BY JUL I ET WURR Reflections / 73 Libyan Reflections BY WI L L I AM V. ROEBUCK DEPARTMENTS Letters / 9 Talking Points / 11 In Memory / 60 Statement of Ownership / 72 Local Lens / 74 MARKETPLACE Classifieds / 66 Real Estate / 69 Index to Advertisers / 70 On the cover: Bookshopping: iStock/Mie Ahmt FOCUS In Their Own Write Books by Foreign Service Authors / 19 We are pleased to present this year’s roundup of books by members of the Foreign Service community. BY SUSAN B . MA I TRA Of Related Interest / 34 Here is a short listing of books of interest to diplomats that have not been written by Foreign Service members. FEATURE The Tyranny of Numbers / 45 Performance metrics are an excellent management control tool. But to confine one’s attention to columns of numbers is naïve, if not downright dangerous. BY CHARL ES RAY