Overview

This volume is part of a Foreign Relations subseries that documents the most important foreign policy issues of the Jimmy Carter administration. This specific volume documents the organization and management of U.S. foreign policy during that administration.

The Carter administration’s organization and management of U.S. foreign relations focused on four key areas—the reforming and reorganizing of the National Security Council (NSC) system; attempts to restructure the intelligence community; the adoption of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and the Foreign Service Reform Act of 1980; and economic reorganization and the centralization of matters related to trade. In addition to these four themes, there is significant documentation on the efforts to diversify the workforce at the Department of State, primarily through greater inclusion of women and African Americans.