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RMWatts
Bob Watts is Deputy Director of the Office of eDiplomacy at the U.S. Department of State. He heads a team working on developing and implementing social media and knowledge management applications to support the work of State Department Foreign Service and Civil Service Officers. The functions of "State-Centric" team in the office include managing the 10,000 article Diplopedia, the Communities@State blogs, and providing support for the much read Secretary's Sounding Board.

Until July, 2009, Mr. Watts was Acting Director of the Office of International Intellectual Property Enforcement. A career Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Watts has served overseas in Portugal, Brazil, Peru, Canada and most recently in Uzbekistan as the Regional Environment, Science and Technology Officer for Central Asia. Mr. Watts served several tours in the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs prior to his tour in IPE, working on energy, agricultural trade, investment, and communications and information policy. Mr. Watts holds degrees from Stanford University (M.A.), Columbia University (Masters of International Affairs), and New College of Florida (B.A.).