| The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, the Government’s only body dedicated to overseeing and promoting Government activities that intend to understand, inform, and influence foreign publics, has not been reauthorized by the Congress. As a result, the Commission concluded its business on December 16, 2011, and the office has been closed. The PDCommission@state.gov email will not be monitored and the Twitter and Facebook accounts will not be updated. To reach the former Executive Director, Matt Armstrong, email him at blog@mountainrunner.us. |
Since 1948, the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) has been charged with appraising U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform, and influence foreign publics and to increase the understanding of and support for these same activities. The ACPD accomplishes this today through reports and symposiums that provide honest appraisals and informed discourse on these efforts. Learn More»
Sometimes policy is "made" by the junior officer who writes an original memorandum. Sometimes it is made by an unexpected utterance at a top-level press conference. But the information consequences of policy ought always be taken into account, and the information man ought always to be consulted.
-- from the Fourth Semiannual Report by the United States Advisory Commission on Information to the Congress (April 1951)
Contact the Advisory Commission
Matt Armstrong, Executive Director
301 4th Street SW, Room M-21
Department of State
Washington, DC 20547
Office: 202-203-7463
Fax: 202-203-7272
Email: pdcommission@state.gov
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