The State Department has launched a blog that it has dubbed "Dipnote" in order to attract interest and make the world of diplomacy more transparent to the Internet generation.
Senior figures in the State Department, as well as juniors posted in different locations around the globe will post on the blog. Currently New York is hosting the UN General Assembly and the blog is to delve into the security process involved in protecting the foreign diplomats that have arrived in the city. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack wrote on the site: "We're new at this. It looks like we broke our own rule and used State jargon in our blog title. "'Dipnote' refers to a diplomatic note. It is one of the many way(s) in which governments formally communicate with each other." One of the first contributions was from the under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs Karen Hughes who is currently attending the UN General Assembly.
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