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State Department to release letter to all employees Thursday evening informing them that it's officially moving to implement ...
The State Department had about 80,000 employees in September, the latest numbers that are available. That included about 14,000 foreign service employees and 13,000 civil service employees.
The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the ...
And 137 offices will be relocated within the department or phased out. The State Department also will eliminate the office of the director of the Foreign Service Institute, which provides language ...
The Hudson Institute hosted a Tuesday panel discussion on the potential for a reform of the State Department and the U.S. Foreign Service under the incoming Trump administration.
The State Department announced a "comprehensive" reorganization plan to consolidate ... The plan includes eliminating 132 offices and 700 positions for civil service and foreign service ...
The Foreign Service Institute removed more than 1,200 DEI training courses for diplomats. But even with this overhaul, many international schools that receive State Department funds still boast of ...
On campus, they heard presentations on U.S. strategic priorities in the Arctic, cybersecurity, human trafficking and its connections to U.S. foreign policy, homeland security and more. In early July, ...
In all five foreign service officer career tracks, which include consular affairs, economic affairs, political affairs, public diplomacy and management, open sourced State Department data shows ...