Maria Otero was sworn in as Under Secretary of State on August 10, 2009. In the role, which she left in February 2013, she oversaw and coordinated U.S. foreign relations on the spectrum of civilian security issues across the globe, including democracy, human rights, population, refugees, trafficking in persons, rule of law, counter-narcotics, crisis prevention and response, global criminal justice, and countering violent extremism. She also served as the President’s Special Representative for Tibetan Issues. Maria Otero was the co-chair for OGP.
The following post is one of nine articles published for a special supplement, Innovating Government on a Global Stage, produced for the Open Government Partnership in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). To view the original post, please visit the SSIR website. This post was co-authored by Caroline Mauldin. On September 20, 2011, 46 world leaders, including US President Barack Obama and
Maria Otero serves as the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights. When President Barack Obama helped launch the Open Government Partnership (OGP) last year, no one could have predicted that it would capture the imagination of the international community as it has. In just one year, 57 governments have
María Otero is the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights. On behalf of the United States, she serves as the founding co-chair of the Open Government Partnership. What was once the beginning of a chapter will graduate to what is really the beginning of a new era of good