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In January 2010, this was on the front page of PCOL:
Peace Corps Online The Independent News Forum serving Returned Peace Corps Volunteers 
 | Memo to Incoming Director Williams
PCOL has asked five prominent RPCVs and Staff to write a memo on the most important issues facing the Peace Corps today. Issues raised include the independence of the Peace Corps, political appointments at the agency, revitalizing the five-year rule, lowering the ET rate, empowering volunteers, removing financial barriers to service, increasing the agency's budget, reducing costs, and making the Peace Corps bureaucracy more efficient and responsive. Latest: Greetings from Director Williams |
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Robert L. Strauss writes: Eight Fixes for the Peace Corps...
Robert L. Strauss writes: Eight Fixes for the Peace Corps 1 January 2010
Robert L. Strauss writes: Nation-Building in America...
Robert L. Strauss writes: Nation-Building in America 1 January 2010
Chris Dodd to retire from Senate...
Chris Dodd to retire from Senate 6 January 2010
John Coyne writes: Chris Dodd leaves the Senate...
John Coyne writes: Chris Dodd leaves the Senate 6 January 2010
Tanzania RPCV Brian Vierra writes "Vietnam Business Guide: Getting Started...
Tanzania RPCV Brian Vierra writes "Vietnam Business Guide: Getting Started in Tomorrow’s Market Today" 12 January 2010
Thom Gorman’s love of Indian food began during his service...
Thom Gorman’s love of Indian food began during his service in India with the Peace Corps 13 January 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer Alexandra Cash writes: One of the top...
Peace Corps Volunteer Alexandra Cash writes: One of the top reasons I wanted to join the Peace Corps was to meet and hopefully positively affect children in another country 13 January 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer Justine Amos said she never expected to...
Peace Corps Volunteer Justine Amos said she never expected to call a hut in a rural Swazi village "home" 14 January 2010
Obituary for Co-Author of ‘The Ugly American'
Obituary for William J. Lederer, Co-Author of ‘The Ugly American' 14 January 2010
Steve Radelet to advise Hilary Clinton on Development
Samoa RPCV Steve Radelet is under consideration for what would be a new senior State Department post advising Hillary Clinton and the State Department on development issues 15 January 2010
Marie Barbaret leadsworkshops in Vanuatu for students and center staff...
Marie Barbaret leadsworkshops in Vanuatu for students and center staff that focused on strategic planning, teacher training and financial planning 15 January 2010
Over-50 crowd gathers to hear about Peace Corps in...
Over-50 crowd gathers to hear about Peace Corps in Encintas 16 January 2010
John Guy LaPlante at 80 was oldest PCV
Ukraine RPCV John Guy LaPlante at 80 was the oldest volunteer in the Peace Corps 17 January 2010
Zambia RPCV Ben Masters wanted to do something in the...
Zambia RPCV Ben Masters wanted to do something in the way of advocating the use of bikes as “a means of cheap, sustainable, healthy and fun transportation" 17 January 2010
Tanzania RPCV Matt Ehlers writes: Most Muslims want peace...
Tanzania RPCV Matt Ehlers writes: Most Muslims want peace 18 January 2010
Philippines RPCV Ann Miler teaches at Lincoln Elementary School, Wausau...
Philippines RPCV Ann Miler teaches at Lincoln Elementary School, Wausau 19 January 2010
Solomon Islands RPCV Cheryl Armstrong Goetz is new New Dean...
Solomon Islands RPCV Cheryl Armstrong Goetz is new New Dean Of Academics at Subiaco Academy 19 January 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer Alexandra Cash writes: Travel in Morocco Requires...
Peace Corps Volunteer Alexandra Cash writes: Travel in Morocco Requires Patience, Flexibility, and Acceptance 20 January 2010
Solomon Islands RPCV Mike Phelan finds the final resting place...
Solomon Islands RPCV Mike Phelan finds the final resting place for this B-17 “flying fortress” in 70 feet of water near Guadalcanal 20 January 2010
Amadou Gallo Fall was the recipient of a DII scholarship...
Amadou Gallo Fall was the recipient of a DII scholarship in the late ’80s after Peace Corps member Kevin Lineberger saw him playing in Tunisia 20 January 2010
Nicaragua RPCV Andrea Tappmeyer put together the “Villa 2 ‘Ville...
Nicaragua RPCV Andrea Tappmeyer put together the “Villa 2 ‘Ville Initiative,” to bring eight selected students from Nicaragua to Northwest Missouri for two weeks 21 January 2010
Tunisia RPCV Gregg Anderson is on his way as swimming...
Tunisia RPCV Gregg Anderson is on his way as swimming coach to 500 wins at NBTHS 21 January 2010
Bangladesh RPCV Kristy Crabtree writes: Between the river and the...
Bangladesh RPCV Kristy Crabtree writes: Between the river and the sea 22 January 2010
Niger RPCV Liz Conrad runs the Baobab Tree Arts Cafe...
Niger RPCV Liz Conrad runs the Baobab Tree Arts Cafe, a combination of art gallery, gift shop and gathering place for writers, artists, and African immigrants and hopes to transform it into a community craft co-op 22 January 2010
RPCV Leslie Hawke started an NGO to benefit the Children...
RPCV Leslie Hawke started an NGO to benefit the Children of Romania 25 January 2010
Togo RPCV Marco Werman is best known to public broadcasting...
Togo RPCV Marco Werman is best known to public broadcasting fans as the anchor of The World, the weekday radio show covering news, culture and music around the world 25 January 2010
Comoros RPCV Ghlee Woodworth found her own unique vantage point...
Comoros RPCV Ghlee Woodworth found her own unique vantage point to begin her history of Newburyport 26 January 2010
Ann Varghese survives 55 hours in Haiti rubble
Cameroon RPCV Ann Varghese survived 55 hours in deadly Haiti rubble 26 January 2010
Togo RPCV Garry Pierre-Pierre Covers Haiti from Haitian Perspective...
Togo RPCV Garry Pierre-Pierre Covers Haiti from Haitian Perspective 26 January 2010
Kathy Hamilton writes: My brother lived abroad for two years...
Kathy Hamilton writes: My brother lived abroad for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the West African country of Niger. After his return to the United States, he did move far away from the south Texas city where we grew up, but he does not feel a great desire to travel the world 26 January 2010
Morocco RPCV Yossef Ben-Meir writes: The Decentralization of a...
Morocco RPCV Yossef Ben-Meir writes: The Decentralization of a Monarchy 27 January 2010
Radelet begins new role at State as senior advisor on...
Radelet begins new role at State as senior advisor on development in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 27 January 2010
After spending three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in...
After spending three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in a village in Ecuador, Dianne Twete decided to continue sharing her agricultural expertise abroad, but for shorter periods of time 27 January 2010
Obituary for Thailand Deputy Country director Paul R. Jones...
Obituary for Thailand Deputy Country director Paul R. Jones 28 January 2010
Tunisia RPCV John Kern retiring as Black History Professor at...
Tunisia RPCV John Kern retiring as Black History Professor at Hollins University 28 January 2010
China RPCV Tiffany Nelson teaches English as a second language...
China RPCV Tiffany Nelson teaches English as a second language classes at an international school in Pekin 30 January 2010
Steve Smith Mitigates Conflicts in Congo, Rwanda, Sudan
Renewable Energy Expert Congo Kinshasa RPCV Steve Smith Mitigates Conflicts in Congo, Rwanda, Sudan 30 January 2010
