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22 U.S.C. § 2732a — Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts
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The Secretary shall—
(1) identify opportunities for greater efficiency of operations, including through improved coordination of efforts across public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department; and
(2) maximize shared use of resources between, and within, such public diplomacy bureaus and offices in cases in which programs, facilities, or administrative functions are duplicative or substantially overlapping.
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The Secretary shall—
(1) identify opportunities for greater efficiency of operations, including through improved coordination of efforts across public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department; and
(2) maximize shared use of resources between, and within, such public diplomacy bureaus and offices in cases in which programs, facilities, or administrative functions are duplicative or substantially overlapping.
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**(a) Research and evaluation activities** The Secretary, acting through the Director of Research and Evaluation appointed pursuant to subsection (b), shall—
(1) conduct regular research and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and activities of the Department, including through the routine use of audience research, digital analytics, and impact evaluations, to plan and execute such programs and activities; and
(2) make available to Congress the findings of the research and evaluations conducted under paragraph (1).
**(b) Director of Research and Evaluation**
(1) **Appointment** — Not later than 90 days after December 27, 2021, the Secretary shall appoint a Director of Research and Evaluation (referred to in this subsection as the “Director”) in the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the Department.
(2) **Limitation on appointment** — The appointment of the Director pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not result in an increase in the overall full-time equivalent positions within the Department.
(3) **Responsibilities** — The Director shall—
(A) coordinate and oversee the research and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and activities of the Department in order to—
(i) improve public diplomacy strategies and tactics; and
(ii) ensure that such programs and activities are increasing the knowledge, understanding, and trust of the United States by relevant target audiences;
(B) routinely organize and oversee audience research, digital analytics, and impact evaluations across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department;
(C) support United States diplomatic posts’ public affairs sections;
(D) share appropriate public diplomacy research and evaluation information within the Departmen
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The United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, established under [section 1469 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1469&num=0&edition=prelim) and section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977, shall continue to exist and operate under such provisions of law.
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Unless authorized by law, neither the President nor any person or agency shall, on behalf of the United States—
(1) subscribe to additional shares of stock of the Agency;
(2) vote for or agree to any amendment of the Convention which increases the obligations of the United States, or which changes the purpose or functions of the Agency; or
(3) make a loan or provide other financing to the Agency.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2732b
(B) develop and articulate long-term meas-
urable objectives for United States public di-
plomacy.
(c) Objectives
The strategy developed pursuant to subsection
(b) shall include public diplomacy efforts tar-
geting developed and developing countries and
select and general audiences, using appropriate
media to properly explain the foreign policy of
the United States to the governments and popu-
lations of such countries, with the objectives of
increasing support for United States policies
and providing news and information. The Sec-
retary shall, through the most effective mecha-
nisms, counter misinformation and propaganda
concerning the United States. The Secretary
shall continue to articulate the importance of
freedom, democracy, and human rights as funda-
mental principles underlying United States for-
eign policy goals.
(d) Identification of United States foreign assist-
ance
In cooperation with the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) and
other public and private assistance organiza-
tions and agencies, the Secretary should ensure
that information relating to foreign assistance
provided by the United States, nongovernmental
organizations, and private entities of the United
States is disseminated widely, and particularly,
to the extent practicable, within countries and
regions that receive such assistance. The Sec-
retary should ensure that, to the extent prac-
ticable, projects funded by USAID not involving
commodities, including projects implemented by
private voluntary organizations, are identified
as provided by the people of the United States.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 60, as added Pub.
L. 108–458, title VII, § 7109(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118
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