Diplomacy for the 21st Century Embedding a Culture of Science and Technology Throughout the Department of State (2015) / Chapter Skim
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6 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
6 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Pages 95-106
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• Increased reliance of nations on S&T as a basis for economic development, but at times not giving adequate weight to side effects of deployment of established or new technologies, including impacts that stretch across the borders of sovereign states; • Increased information technology and transportation connectivity that enable individuals and organizations throughout the world to communicate and to have transactions more easily than ever before among themselves and with others who are nearby or at great distances; and • Growing concerns over security and political confrontations now and in the future that could lead to deadly use of technologies with ever-increasing potency, which are becoming widely available.
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underscoring the importance of innovation and economic entrepreneurship capabilities in a number of countries through public diplomacy efforts, and (c) improving internal department communications and coordination concerning the importance of S&T and readily available sources of expertise to address specific topics.
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RESPONSES TO SPECIAL INTERESTS OF THE DEPARTMENT In the request for this report, the department identified the issues set forth below in bold type as being of particular interest. The committee's views on the issues follow.
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A specific recommendation concerning this issue is set forth below as a priority recommendation of the committee.
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Chapter 3: Engaging more fully the widely dispersed S&T capabilities of the United States, which are embodied in both government and nongovernment organizations, in a whole-of-society approach to foreign affairs. Chapter 4: Upgrading S&T capabilities of U.S.
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* Recommendation 2-4 While the most important factor in supporting S&T engagement should continue to be the advancement of science, engineering, and health capabilities in the United States and partner countries, the department, along with USAID, should give greater weight in determining allocation of funds for S&T engagement to the secondary impacts in the development and strengthening of civil society and good governance in partner countries.
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Recommendation 3-4 The leadership of the department, in concert with senior Department of Defense officials, should continue to give emphasis to the importance of collaboration between the two departments at many levels. Opportunities for joint planning, program development activities, and readiness for future contingencies should receive particular attention, perhaps in preparation of the Quadrennial Defense Review and the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.
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Recommendation 3-8 OES, STAS, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and other interested bureaus should jointly organize annual conferences for representatives of interested universities, professional societies, foundations, nongovernmental organizations, companies, and other private sector organizations to meet with relevant department officials in assessing past and future opportunities for partnerships and other arrangements that will enhance mutual interests in the development and carrying out of international non-defense S&T-oriented programs. The meetings should be primarily for information exchange, and they should not be construed as policy formulation meetings.
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should continue to increase. Recommendation 4-5 The department should establish a program that supports short-term visits to interested countries by American scientists and engineers in their early careers who have already received national recognition for their innovative S&T achievements (the Early-Career Innovators)
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Recommendation 5-5 The department should formally request a change in the Office of Personnel Management's Civil Service Qualification Standards throughout the Foreign Affairs series that will recognize that STEM degrees are appropriate in satisfying education requirement for positions in this series. Recommendation 5-6 Beginning with the recruitment of new FSOs and Civil Servants, the department should take advantage of the many opportunities to help them appreciate the integral role of S&T in the development and implementation of foreign policy and international programs of growing importance.
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Because international organizations are giving increased attention to documenting the role of S&T in global development and international affairs, by the time of the next report there should be a stronger basis of well-organized data on which to assess department S&T policies. In carrying out the next assessment, special attention should be given to whether the S&T Adviser has been empowered to play a more important role in providing authoritative and timely S&T counsel for the leaders of the department.
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