[2] The PA Bureau pursued the State Department's mission to inform the American people and to feed their concerns and comments back to the policymakers.

Their database of newsmakers enabled members of the media to quickly find an expert at the department to provide insight, analysis, and expertise on foreign affairs, news and events.

[5] This tab of the State Department's website[6] gives the official U.S. position on the major issues in the news.

As it is the official publication of opinion from the U.S. State Department, it offers its own view of an issue, and any reports that support it.

[14] "Major State Department Publications"[15] giving information on past bribery charges and a "Guide to Doing Business"[16] in the U.S. are all available online.