Engaging foreign audiences
Subtitle: assessment of public diplomacy platforms could help improve State Department plans to expand engagement : report to the Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Diplomacy; American Overseas information libraries; International libraries; Library outreach programs; Social media; Foreign relations; United States. Department of State; United States
Other titles: Assessment of public diplomacy platforms could help improve State Department plans to expand engagement
Notes: Title from PDF cover (GAO, viewed Mar. 29, 2011).

"July 2010."

"GAO-10-767."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Letter; title: Background; title: State Utilizes a Broad Range of External Outreach Platforms around the World; title: State Faces Various Challenges to Using Overseas Platforms, but Officials Have Identified Several Opportunities for Leveraging These Platforms; title: State Intends to Expand Its Use of Outreach Platforms through Varying Plans for Individual Platforms; title: Despite Plans to Expand Engagement with Foreign Audiences, State Has Not Evaluated Its Outreach Platforms, Making It Difficult to Assess Their Relative Effectiveness; title: Conclusions; title: Recommendations for Executive Action; title: Agency Comments and Our Evaluation; title: Appendix I. Objectives, Scope, and Methodology; title: Appendix II. Maps of Overseas Public Diplomacy Platforms; title: Appendix III. Comments from the Department of State; title: Appendix IV. GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments.