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An Interview with Bill Sweeney, IFES President & CEO
Bill Sweeney, IFES' new president & CEO, sat down with Jamie Dettmer, IFES Director of Communications and Advocacy, and Laura Osio, IFES Press Officer, to talk about why he joined IFES.
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IFES Receives Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is privileged to announce it has been granted consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
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IFES Names Winners, Finalists in 2011 Photography Contest
Twenty-two images of popular protests, elections, political campaigns and civic action have been named winners and finalists in the 2011 Photography Contest sponsored by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).
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Nuevo Presidente para la Principal Organización No‐Gubernamental de Asistencia Electoral
La Fundación Internacional para Sistemas Electorales (IFES), organización no gubernamental y líder mundial en asistencia electoral, anunció hoy el nombramiento de su nuevo Presidente, el Sr. William "Bill" Sweeney, ex Vice-presidente de EDS (Electronic Data Systems).
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A Senior Democratic U.S. Congressman, a Life-long Republican Public Servant, and Prominent Lebanese Civil Rights Activist Receive Award for Championing Democracy
Representative David Obey (D-WI), former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator M. Peter McPherson, and Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ziad Baroud are the winners of the 2010 annual IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards.
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Polls to Vote in Iraqi Parliamentary Election Open in the United States and the World
Iraqi citizens living abroad will be able to vote for Iraq's Council of Representatives
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Advocating for Democracy
In the past few months IFES has revamped and expanded its communications and advocacy efforts and added staff to its outreach department. In the fall Jamie Dettmer, an international journalist and a communications counsel, was appointed as director of communications and advocacy. Shortly before Christmas, Laura Osio, formerly a media manager at the Washington DC-based think tank, the Cato Institute, joined IFES as its press officer. John Lawrence joined in November as manager of congressional affairs.
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IFES Helps Pack 1360 Meals for DC Schoolchildren
On Saturday, May 23, 2009, six IFES staff members and some of their relatives spent the morning volunteering at Washington, DC's Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB).
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United States Democracy Assistance Senate Hearing
IFES Board Chairman Ken Blackwell submitted a written testimony to the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs for inclusion in the record of the hearing on "United States Democracy Assistance" held on May 9, 2017.
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United States and Denmark Announce Joint Support to Municipal Electoral Process in Libya
At a ceremony in Tunis on October 4, the United States Government and the Government of Denmark announced their joint support to strengthen municipal council electoral processes in Libya through IFES.