The Foreign Service Journal, December 2012

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | DECEMBER 2012 61 AFSA NEWS L I FE I N THE FORE I GN SERV I CE Nominate a Deserving Colleague for an AFSA Dissent Award For more than 40 years AFSA has sponsored the Dissent Award program to recognize and encourage constructive dissent and risk-taking in the Foreign Service. This is unique within the U.S. Government. Four awards are offered: The F. Allen “Tex” Harris Award for a Foreign Service Specialist; the W. Averell Harriman Award for a junior officer (FS 7-FS 4), the William R. Rivkin Award for a mid-level officer, (FS 3-FS 1), and the Christian A. Herter Award for a member of the Senior Foreign Service (FE OC-FE CA). Deadline for the 2013 Dissent Awards is Feb. 28. For more information or questions, please contact Perri Green, AFSA Coordinator for Special Awards and Outreach, at green@afsa.org or (202) 719- 9700. NEWS BRIEF