The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President's chief foreign affairs adviser. The U.S. State Department said on Friday that it was responsible for a text message campaign that left a trail of confusion and ridicule across Russia and Iran. Shaw previously served as deputy inspector general.Akard will also be leaving his position as director of the Office of Foreign Missions. Before moving to Zoe's current city of Washington, DC, Zoe lived in Cranbury NJ. The Deputy Inspector General, Diana R. Shaw, will become the new Acting Inspector General.”Ackard’s appointment as acting inspector general in May, following Shaw joined the State Department's Office of Inspector General in May, coming from the watchdog office at the Department of Homeland Security where she spent almost four years, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Linick testified to House lawmakers that he has never heard any justification for his firing. It is unclear if she began before or after Linick was fired on May 15.Ackard wrote to Democrats in June that he had recused himself from numerous areas in the department, including the operations of Office of Foreign Missions, issues he had worked on previous to taking over as watchdog and that he would recuse himself “from matters involving individuals with whom I have a personal relationship such that my objectivity could be impaired.” Democrats are investigating the ouster of Linick, raising concerns that the watchdog was dismissed as political retaliation for conducting at least two inquiries into Pompeo, including the misuse of agency funds for personal use of he and his wife and the secretary’s role in pushing through an $8 billion arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries without congressional oversight.An inspector general report on the arms sale is believed to be completed and undergoing review by the State Department for response, as is typical, before its public release.Pompeo said he recommended Linick’s firing because he was undermining the mission of the State Department. The Secretary carries out the President's foreign policies through the State Department, which includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service and U.S. Agency for International Development. Exclusive: More than 500 State Department staffers are asking for a reversal of a decision to send up to 80 percent of its staff back to work in D.C. offices. Zoe Louise has 2 jobs listed on their profile. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Get breaking news and insider analysis on the rapidly changing world of media and technology right to your inbox.A screenshot shows a text message sent to an Iranian cell phone user promising up to $10 million for information about anyone planning to interfere in the American election. The State Department’s acting inspector general is resigning from his role after less than three months in the position to return to the … The U.S. State Department said on Friday that it was responsible for a text message campaign that left a trail of confusion and ridicule across Russia and Iran.In an email, a spokesperson for the department said the unsolicited text messages - which promoted a multimillion dollar bounty for information about cyber threats to the upcoming U.S. election - were aimed at building awareness internationally.“This is a worldwide campaign in multiple languages,” the email said.The department’s comments came after an unknown number of people in Russia and Iran began receiving the text messages and posting screenshots to social media.The campaign may have helped U.S. authorities get the word out about their reward, but Reuters spoke to five Iranian users who said they found the messages either bewildering or humorous.Sadra Momeni, a developer who works out of the Iranian city of Qom, compared the texts to propaganda leaflets dumped out of the back of an aircraft.
He said he initially thought the message was a scam; it was only when he opened the link that he realized that the United States was genuinely soliciting tips about election hacking via text message.Russians who received the messages reported similar reactions on social media. The State Department’s acting inspector general is resigning from his role after less than three months in the position to return to the private sector, the agency announced Wednesday.Acting Inspector General Stephen Akard will be replaced by Diana Shaw, who will take on the watchdog role in an acting capacity as well. View the profiles of people named Zoe Jackman.