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O 292208Z OCT 09
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
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RUEHRY/AMEMBASSY CONAKRY IMMEDIATE 2120

UNCLAS STATE 111950 
 
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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AMGT
SUBJECT: YOUR ROLE IN THE QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND 
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW (QDDR) 
 
REF: STATE 103698 
 
¶1.  (U) This is an action item.  Please see paragraph 
seven. 
 
¶2.  (U) The Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review 
(QDDR) is actively underway. The five senior level 
working groups identified by the Secretary and reported 
in reftel are engaged in analyzing the challenges and 
opportunities posed by each of the areas for review. 
Through that analysis the working groups are expected to 
determine what capabilities the State Department and 
USAID need to better accomplish our mission. 
 
¶3.  (U) Each working group has set up a number of sub 
working groups that are focusing on specific aspects of 
each broad topic. The sub working groups are chaired by 
senior State Department and USAID personnel and have 
drawn membership from key stakeholders within State and 
USAID. Over 200 personnel from every regional and 
functional bureau at both State and USAID are already 
actively involved in these working groups. 
 
¶4.  (U) This week the QDDR team launched an interactive 
intranet website - QDDR.State.Gov - that can be accessed 
by both State and USAID personnel in Washington and the 
field.  This website contains a number of relevant 
documents and information regarding the QDDR.  Very soon 
we will be posting rosters of the working and sub 
working groups. 
 
¶5.  (U) Our aim is to ensure that the process is 
transparent and inclusive. To that end we urge you to 
follow our progress and share your thoughts or insights 
through the interactive website as part of an ongoing 
conversation about the various topics of the QDDR.  In 
addition, we will routinely put forth questions the 
working groups are grappling with in order to draw on 
your expertise.  Much like the State Department Sounding 
Board, the website offers areas for general comment as 
well as pages for discussing the specific topics of each 
of the working groups. 
 
¶6.  (U) The first phase of the analysis over the next 
two months will focus on identifying the broad 
capabilities that State and USAID require to better 
accomplish our strategic priorities.  By mid-January, 
the groups will examine the organizational changes 
necessary to build these capabilities, including 
structures, management and administration systems, 
personnel, training and education, among others. To be 
most useful and timely, input from the field should 
reflect this general analytical schedule. 
 
¶7.  (U) Periodically working groups will also engage the 
field in their deliberations by reaching out to specific 
embassies and missions in order to solicit your thinking 
and feedback on particular issues.  This is an excellent 
opportunity to help shape the QDDR and inform its 
findings. To help facilitate that dialogue, the 
Secretary in her October message asked each embassy and 
mission to identify at least one point of contact for 
the QDDR process.  Please forward those names to the 
QDDR team at INFO-QDDR@state.gov and we will make them 
available to the working groups as needed. 
 
¶8.  (U) Minimize considered. 
CLINTON