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The article Women in Government is the article that I chose to review.

This article describes under headings that categorize what specifically in government they are talking about. For example there is Legislation, Quotas and Education to name a few of the topics that were discussed and what kind of role women play in those depending on their country. The information present in each section pertained to what the heading dictated that it should be. There of course can be information that is added as women's' role in government is a continuously ongoing topic and one of the ways I think it can be improved is by breaking apart some of the countries that have high amounts of women in roles and see why their countries allow this or what kind of government they have where this system works. Overall, I think the article is pretty unbiased because it is basically just describing situations and facts while not having an opinion because there is no higher agenda that would be met by trying to lie and say there are more/fewer women in government. To go along with the article being unbiased I checked a few of the many citations and they work and come from all kinds of sources that are traditionally unbiased as they are either news sources that are specifically looking at government or survey sources that are looking at numbers only. Some of the conversations that were going on were some about normal rewrites and additions based on the fact that there is new information that should be added while other topics were suggesting getting rid of a part the ranked the "20 hottest conservative women" because that promotes sexism and is not the point of the 'Women in Government" article. Overall, I think this was an unbiased article that has a lot of good information however can definitely use an update since a lot of the 'talk' section looked like it was from 2011 and I would be very interested in working on this article.

Draft Contributions

The article that I have officially chosen to make some changes and add information is The Department of State page. There are a couple parts to this page that don't seem to have enough specific information or topics that I know can be expanded on such as the Jefferson Science Fellows Program heading which only has one line and since it's a program I know there is more to talk about when it comes to what the program does and who qualifies and etc. There is another heading Franklin Fellows Program which again doesn't have a lot of content to it and I would like to add to it so people have a more concise understanding of what these programs are and who can be a part of them. I would also like to touch on the beginning of the Department of State, although it does have some information on the founding I want to see if I can find some more information like maybe who specifically had the idea but this is only going to be added if I have time and can find reliable sources to obtain the information. For the most part my contributions will be adding to the two headings about programs.

Draft Contributions Final

For the Jefferson Science Fellows Program : This program is for high ranking engineers, scientists and physicians where they can spend up to year doing activities with the Department of State. The Fellows as they are called if chose for this program are paid around $50,000 during the duration and can earn special bonuses of up to $10,000. The whole point of this program is so that these Fellows will know the ins and outs of the Department of State/USAID to help with the daily functioning. There is no one winner every year rather it's a program that you apply for and follow a process that starts in August and takes a full year to learn the final results of your ranking. It isn't solely based on achievement alone but intelligence and writing skills that have to show that you encompass all of what the committee is looking for. First you start with the online application then you start to write your curriculum vitae which explains more about yourself and your education and job experience then you move onto your statement of interest and essay where you have your common essay and your briefing memo. Finally you wrap up with letters of recommendations and letters of nominations to show that you are not the only person who believes that they should be a part of this program.

For the Franklin Fellows Program : This program is directed towards mid level and upper level experts that come from either private or public sectors, it doesn't matter which one, who want to further their knowledge and gain skills that could help their local district or region. If you are chosen then you have to pass a background check in order to obtain security clearance to be involved with the Fellows since you are working with classified government information. Unlike the Jefferson Science Fellows Program this is based on volunteer work as you do not get paid to be a part of this. Rather you have sponsors or you contribute your own money in order to fulfill what it will take to do the year long program. The more seniority you have in this program determines what kind of topics you work on and the priority that the issues are to the country. Although the bottom line is that the other Fellows are the ones with the final say of where you are placed however they try to take into account where you would like to be placed.