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Passport Agencies Unite to Help People Affected by Hurricane Sandy February 2013 // Issue Number 575 Assignment: Algiers Counterterrorism Efforts at Forefront of Partnership Recognizing Excellence Awards Ceremony Honors state.gov/statemag State’s Top Performers February 2013 STORM SURGE Passport Agencies Unite to Help People Affected by Hurricane Sandy February 2013 // Issue Number 575 24 Post of the Month: Algiers Features 10 Department’s Finest Award Winners ‘Make Us Proud’ 18 Global Friendships Exchanges Build Emerging Leaders 20 Breaking Down Barriers Ex-FSO Recalls Early Challenges 22 Sandy’s Aftermath Passport Agencies Show Flexibility 10 30 Giving and Receiving Overseas Volunteers Recognized 32 Sports Diplomacy INL Helps Keep Youths Drug-Free 34 Covering History State Magazine Celebrates 65 Years 36 Sharing Resources Offi ce Changes HR Service Mode Columns 2 Post One 3 In the News 8 Direct from the D.G. 9 Diversity Notes 39 Education & Training 20 40 In Brief 43 Retirements 44 Lying in State 45 Appointments 46 Obituaries 48 End State On the Cover A man walks along a battered stretch of coastline near Oyster Bay, N.Y., the day after Hurricane Sandy swept through the region. Th e storm washed boats ashore, fl attened seawalls and knocked down power lines in the small Long Island community. Photo by Oliver Rich Opposite Page 30 Photo by Dennis Stauff er Post One BY ISAAC D. PACHECO Editor-in-Chief Isaac D. Pacheco // [email protected] Deputy Editor Calm After Ed Warner // [email protected] Associate Editor the Storm Bill Palmer // [email protected] Art Director Last October, Hurricane Sandy tore David L. Johnston // [email protected] through the Caribbean and up the East Contacting Us Coast, eventually winding its way onto 301 4th Street SW, Room 348 land near Atlantic City, N.J. More than Washington DC 20547 1,100 miles in diameter at its apex, Sandy [email protected] was the largest Atlantic hurricane in Phone: (202) 203-7115 history, and also one of the costliest. The Fax: (202) 203-7142 “superstorm,” so dubbed by the national media because of its sheer size, lived up to Change of Address its terrible moniker. Sandy destroyed homes Send changes of address to our staff and property with devastating winds, rain using the contact information above. and storm surge, racking up more than Please include your previous mailing address. $67 billion in damage in the United States Director General of the Foreign Service, alone. The storm also displaced thousands the magazine has grown to become Submissions of residents in the Northeast and was one of the leading sources of news and For details on submitting articles to responsible for more than 250 deaths. information for the Department's active State Magazine, request our guidelines In the midst of this horrifying natural and retired Foreign and Civil Service by e-mail at [email protected] or disaster, hope shone through. People from employees. State Magazine has covered download them from state.gov/statemag. around the country donated their time, some amazing Department history State Magazine does not purchase money, shelter, food and other items to throughout the latter half of the 20th freelance material. help storm victims get back on their feet. A century and early 21st century. dedicated group of Department employees Our homage to this diamond anniversary Deadlines The submission deadline for the at passport agencies throughout the (pg. 34) highlights a tiny fraction of the April issue is February 15. Northeast and at other stateside locations myriad stories that the magazine has The deadline for the May did their part to help out by ensuring covered over the years. At 65, an age at issue is March 15. that passport customers affected by the which many might consider retiring, our storm received timely service in spite of publication is still going strong, exploring State Magazine (ISSN 1099–4165) is numerous obstacles. innovative and environmentally-responsible published monthly, except bimonthly in Lacking power in their office, content-delivery systems like our iPhone/ July and August, by the Bureau of Human Connecticut Passport Agency employees iPad apps and online publication, and Resources at the U.S. Department of State. conducted business in their parking lot expanding its coverage of Department work It is intended for information only and is and later coordinated with the shuttered abroad with more in-depth features. not authority for offi cial action. Views and opinions expressed are not necessarily New York City office to ferry hundreds As a relative newcomer to this storied those of the Department of State. The of applications to Portsmouth, N.H., so publication, I am honored to be walking editorial team reserves the right to select customers would get their passports in time in the footsteps of some dedicated editors and edit all materials for publication. for scheduled travel. Check out the full and journalists who came before me, and story of how these dedicated and resourceful I’m more excited than ever to see what Follow Us Online employees pulled together to make life a the future holds for the U.S. Department state.gov/statemag little easier for hundreds of people affected of State. My team will continue to carry by Hurricane Sandy (pg. 22). the torch forward by building on our facebook.com/statemagazine In the midst of all this real news, a State predecessors’ efforts to highlight the work of @statemag Magazine milestone slipped under the amazing Department employees around the radar. In 2012, the flagship publication world and bring their stories to life. state.gov/rss/channels/ of the U.S. Department of State turned statemag.xml 65. From its humble roots in 1947 as a black and white, all-text newsletter for the fl ickr.com/statemagazine 2 STATE MAGAZINE // FEBRUARY 2013 Share the World Through Your Eyes Do you have a photo that tells an interesting story about the people, culture or lifestyle in a country where the Department has a presence? Submit your shot along with a detailed caption by email to [email protected] by October 1 for a chance to be featured in a special edition of End State. See our website for complete entry details: state.gov/statemag In the News Embassy Yerevan Innovates for Outreach Two months after a group of Armenian children used the Internet shapes and lines on a computer screen and converting those images teleconferencing tool Skype to become friends and write a song into a musical score. with several Massachusetts youths, more than 1,200 guests fi lled Equipped with Hyperscore, the Armenian and American youths Yerevan’s opulent Aram Khachaturyan Concert Hall as the Armenian turned their innate creativity into “Frenzy of Friendship.” Th e Philharmonic Orchestra performed the children’s piece, “Frenzy of collaboration refl ected Embassy Yerevan’s eff orts to support those who Friendship.” Th e young composers then came on stage to take a bow, reach across borders to promote peace. and the Armenian prime minister and U.S. ambassador exchanged Th e embassy, spurred on by its Armenian staff , adopted another high-fi ves in the audience. innovation in 2012 that helped bring people together: speed Th is was the scene in February 2012 when the U.S. Embassy in networking, a social mixer that applies the rules of speed dating to Yerevan kicked off a series of events to celebrate the 20th anniversary professional networking. In a new twist on the concept of the offi cial of U.S.-Armenia relations. A year later, the terms “Hyperscore,” reception, speed networking guests are assigned to a table and have “speed networking” and “fl ash mob” are part of the embassy’s 10 minutes to introduce themselves and discuss a certain topic. Th en, everyday vocabulary. As Ambassador John Heff ern noted recently, a whistle blows and everyone rotates to a new table and meets a new “Th is isn’t your daddy’s public diplomacy.” group of conversation partners. Th e youths’ musical collaboration was made possible through Th e post fi rst used the concept to introduce the ambassador and new institutional partnerships, technology and enthusiastic young his wife to a diverse group of exchange program alumni, and the people. Armenia’s Luys Foundation introduced the embassy public couple liked it so much they invited participants in the post’s Women’s aff airs section to Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Mentoring Program to do speed networking at their home. Th e Tod Machover, who with his team invented Hyperscore software. participants raved about that reception for weeks. Th e software lets people compose music by “painting” images, colors, Flash mobs are all the rage on YouTube, and Embassy Yerevan’s exchange program alumni wanted to be part of the action. So, the post’s series of 20th-anniversary events culminated in a fl ash mob dedicated to 20 years of U.S. government-funded exchange programs in Armenia. Th ough fl ash mobs look sponta- neous, the embassy’s was carefully planned. It involved a professional choreographer, who was also an exchange program alumna, and the U.S. Alumni Association of Armenia, which recruited more than 200 hundred alumni to participate in a dance, planned for a busy pedestrian street. Embassy offi cers gained the city’s cooperation and convinced the nation’s Ministry of Emergency Situations to lend assistance. Weeks of rehearsals resulted in a dance that showcased the charisma, energy and joy felt by exchange program alumni. Visit state.gov/statemag Ambassador Heffern, right, and his wife Libby join a fl ash mob to watch videos from celebrating 20 years of U.S.-Armenia this event. exchange programs in October in Yerevan. Photo by Isabella Zaratsyan 4 STATE MAGAZINE // FEBRUARY 2013 Jeddah Conducts IT Disaster Drill In October, the Consulate General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in an emergency, but the latest drill was the first time in years that the participated in a daylong information technology (IT) disaster consulate and company conducted every aspect of the IT drill jointly.
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