February 3, 2015 – Peace Corps Worldwide

New books by Peace Corps Writers — January 2015

Feb 03 2015

To purchase any of these books from Amazon.com, click on the book cover, the bold book title, or the publishing format you would like — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance that will help support the site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. • The Road to Tamazunchale (Novel – reissue as ebook) by Ron Arias (Peru 1963–65) Bilingual Press September 2014 134 pages $8.69 (Kindle) • Truth Poker: Stories by Mark Brazaitis (Guatemala 1991–93) Autumn House Press January 2015 180 pages $17.95 (paperback) • 2,000 Miles Around the Tree of Life: A Naturalist Hikes the Appalachian Trail (Memoir) by Richard W. Carroll Peace Corps Writers December 2014 126 pages $10.00 (paperback), $8.82 (Kindle) • Lily of Peru (Romance, thriller) by David C. Edmonds (Peru 1963–65) Peace Corps Writers December 2014 402 pages $15.95 (paperback) • Global Political Economy by Eddie James Girdner . . .

Who Is Kathy Ann Buller And What Does She Want?

Feb 03 2015

In her testimony on Tuesday of last week in a hearing on the Office of Office of Inspector General (OIG), 60-year old, Kathy A. Buller, the Peace Corps IG, said the agency [Peace Corps] continues to hamper her duties by invoking another law to inappropriately overrule her legal mandate. After her testimony in September, the Peace Corps did grant her office greater access to information, but she said that was only after “two years of discussions with the agency and members of Congress, two congressional hearings, negative press coverage, a hold being placed on the nomination of the Director, and, ultimately, the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the agency and OIG [Office of Inspector General].” “Much work remains to be done to undo the damage caused by these access-denying policies,” she added It is ironic that Buller and the Peace Corps are the “point example” for misdeeds . . .

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