The State Department is planning to shift employees and funding from the controversial Global Engagement Center (GEC), which was criticized for funding the censorship of conservative media, to a new unit focused on countering foreign interference.
The State Department has devised plans to distribute employees from the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which has funded the censoring of conservatives, to a new internal “hub” that will coordinate the same activities.
Documents obtained by the Washington Examiner reveal that the State Department has crafted plans to reallocate staffers from the now-shuttered GEC, an office that came under intense criticism for backing groups that pressured advertisers to defund conservative media outlets in the United States. In a non-public letter to members of Congress on December 6, 2024, the State Department outlined its plans to “realign” more than 50 GEC officials and tens of millions of dollars in funding to a hub purporting to counter foreign interference. The newly planned body, identified as a “Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub,” will report to the agency’s Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy. According to the congressional notification, the State Department intends to realign 51 employees and associated funding from the GEC to the proposed R/FIMI Hub. The remaining GEC employees and funding would be distributed to various bureaus within the State Department. The documents indicate that a total of $69 million in GEC funding will be shuffled around to different offices, with $29.4 million allocated to the R/FIMI office. Senior GOP staffers who reviewed the plans suggest that the Biden administration may be simply rebranding the GEC under a different name, forming a new body that could potentially engage in work similar to that which landed the office in hot water over the past two years
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