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Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy

Creation of this Position

Title: Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
Name: Diana Lady Dougan
State of Residency: Utah
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Aug 3, 1984
Entry on Duty: Oct 4, 1984
Termination of Appointment: Jan 29, 1988
Note: Date of commission. Had been serving in this capacity, with the personal rank of Ambassador since Apr 15, 1983.

Title: Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
Name: Sonia Landau
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Nov 22, 1988
Entry on Duty: Nov 23, 1988
Termination of Appointment: Nov 20, 1989
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; an earlier nomination of Aug 1, 1988, was not acted upon.

Title: Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
Name: Bradley P. Holmes
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Nov 21, 1989
Entry on Duty: Nov 22, 1989
Termination of Appointment: Position eliminated Feb 5, 1993

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Creation of Position: On Nov 22, 1983, Congress, in the Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (P.L. 98-164; 97 Stat. 1025), made the Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy a Presidential appointee subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. The Department of State had established the position on Dec 29, 1981, and made the incumbent responsible to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology. The coordinator acquired a rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary of State and the personal rank of Ambassador in Apr 15, 1983, and became head of a new Bureau of International Communications and Information Policy on Jun 4, 1985. This Bureau was incorporated into the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs under the Reorganization Plan of Feb 5, 1993. The merger took place May 12, 1994. Richard C. Beaird served as Acting Coordinator Feb 1993-May 1994.

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