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e-Diplomacy Awards

Here are various places where the Virtual Student Foreign Service has been mentioned. It includes publications, website articles, remarks/speeches, and blogs.

Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, Radio

 * Leading the State Department’s “Virtual Student Foreign Service” internship program, Washington Post, July 2014
 * Federal News Radio Interview, June 2014
 * Twelve Agencies Seek to Hire Virtual Interns this Summer, GovExec, June 2014
 * Virtual Interns, State Department Magazine, April 2014
 * Crowdsourcing Diplomacy, Innovation Excellence, March 2014
 * Virtual Internships at the State Department,GovLoop Insights, February 2014
 * The Voice of Jobseekers, radio interview, February 2014
 * Federal News Radio, February 2014
 * Federal Agencies Welcome more than 500 Virtual Interns, NextGov, November 2013
 * Radio Interview, Federal News Radio, November 2013
 * Advancing Public Diplomacy in the Virtual Student Foreign Service, DipNote, July 2013
 * State&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;Department utilizing college talent virtually, Federal News Radio, July 2013
 * Graduating into the Great Unknown, Huffington Post, June 2013
 * AFSA's First Virtual Student Foreign Service Intern, Foreign Service Journal, April 2013
 * Montclair State University Teams with U.S. Department of State in Groundbreaking Initiative, March 2013
 * Friend of the State: The Virtual Student Foreign Service, February 2013
 * Microtasking Mania?, Government Executive: Wired Workplace, July 2012
 * State Department Offers College Students Virtual Internships, Bethesda Magazine, July 2012
 * Heads in the Cloud, Government Executive, June 2012
 * Sparked Makes Volunteering Fun, Easy and Effective, Mashable, May 2012
 * Virtually There: Online Internship Program Aids Disaster Relief, State Magazine, May 2012
 * Crowdsourcing and Diplomacy - Gnovis, Georgetown University’s peer-reviewed Journal of Communication, Culture &amp; Technology (CCT), March 6th, 2012.
 * U.S. News and World Report - Virtual Internships Gain Popularity Among MBA Degree Seekers, January 25, 2012
 * Businessweek - Virtual Internships in Rising Demand, January 18, 2012
 * The Globe and Mail - Public sector in America a 'Petri dish' of innovation, December 15, 2011
 * The Daily News Online - LCC professor reached across international borders with webcam lectures - November 30, 2011
 * State Magazine - Virtual Bridges - September 2010
 * Foreign Service Journal - Alec Ross Discusses Technology and Diplomacy - July 2010
 * New York Times, July 16, 2010
 * Open Government Plan - April 2010
 * The Huffington Post, March 29, 2010
 * State Magazine VSFS&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;article, January 2010
 * State Dept. on the Hill, Vol 2, Issue 16 May 18, 2009

Website Articles

 * Middle Eastern online internship available to students, November 2014
 * MLIS student receives an e-internship with American Corners in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, October 2014
 * eIntern Heather heads to Sochi Olympics with NBC, January 2014
 * Several eInternship Positions at the State Department's Office of Global Youth Issues, Opportunity Desk, July 2013
 * Virtual Student Foreign Service applications due July 20, ASU School of Engineering, July 2013
 * Applications Open for Virtual Student Foreign Service (VSFS) e-Internships July 2-20, Penn State, July 2013
 * Government offers eInternships, news-journal.com, July 2013
 * Feds Expand eInternship Opportunities, IT Business Edge, June 2013
 * Coming Soon to your Agency: Virtual Internships, Nextgov, June 2013
 * Namibia: U.S. Interns Help Companies, April 2013
 * State Department Open Government Plan, state.gov website, April 9, 2012
 * State Department's Senior Advisor for Innovation and VSFS Program Manager in Ottawa, US Embassy Ottawa, 13 February 2012
 * Rice intern organizes State Dept. e-lectures aimed at Caucasus, Rice University, January 2012
 * Bradley University, December 2011
 * Governing, October 12, 2011
 * O'Reilly Radar, May 19, 2010
 * iDiplomacy, November 20, 2009
 * Happy News, September 21, 2009
 * GovMonitor, September 21, 2009
 * News Blaze, September 21, 2009
 * The American Prospect, July 27, 2009
 * Dotgov Buzz, May 26, 2009
 * Sister Cities International
 * Personal Democracy Forum, March 13, 2009

Remarks and Speeches

 * Secretary Clinton's Remarks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee May 20, 2009
 * Secretary Clinton's Remarks at the Barnard College Commencement Ceremony May 18, 2009
 * Secretary Clinton's Remarks at the NYU Commencement Ceremony May 13, 2009

Blogs

 * My experience Interning with U.S. Embassy Kabul through the VSFS Program, LinkedIn, July 2014
 * Join the Virtual Student Foreign Service To Learn About Diplomacy, DipNote, July 2014
 * Virtual Student Foreign Service &amp;amp; eInternship program, Jayne Cravens Blog, July 2013
 * Virtual Student Foreign Service: Helping the US&amp;nbsp;Embassy from Abroad, Vilnius Diaries, July 2013
 * eIntern: Virtual Student Foreign Service Opportunity, my Bucknell blogs, July 2013
 * Make Way for Microtasking, Wired Workplace, April 13, 2012
 * Going “The Last Three Feet” From 35,200,000 Feet Away, Take Five - The IPDGC Blog On Public Diplomacy And Global Communication, April 5, 2012
 * MU student blog promotes digital diplomacy, MU International, March 28, 2012
 * New option for MBA&amp;nbsp;students: Virtual Internships, MBAChannel, March 13, 2012
 * U.S. e-Interns Facilitate Cross-Cultural Understanding in Tajikistan, DipNote, February 23, 2012
 * "Can diplomacy be conducted online?"Baker Institute Blog, February 2012
 * American University Career Center, November 18, 2011
 * The Daily CrowdSource - Government leverages the power of the crowd - October 28, 2011
 * Dipnote, July 14, 2011
 * WorLd of Mouth, July 21, 2010
 * The Michigan Daily - Virtual Internships allow students to work from home - July 23, 2011
 * NDN, January 15, 2010
 * Cnewmark, September 23, 2009
 * KVNU&amp;nbsp;(Voice of Northern Utah)&amp;nbsp;Radio Blog, May 20, 2009
 * Latina Lista, May 19, 2009
 * Everyday Citizen, May 15, 2009
 * Govdocs on the Bayou!, (McNeese State University), May 14, 2009
 * International Higher Education Consulting Blog, May 14, 2009
 * DipNote, May 13, 2009
 * White House Blog, May 13, 2009
 * Salford Online, May 13, 2009
 * TechPresident, May 13, 2009
 * Positively Barack, May 13, 2009
 * The Morningside Post,(Columbia University), March 15, 2010