American Foreign Service Association

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Foreign Service makes candidate assessment fully remote to broaden hiring pool

The Foreign Service is making a switch to virtual assessments for candidates, after figuring out a remote format during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hiring/Retention

State Dept settlement lowers barriers for Foreign Service applicants with disabilities

Hiring/Retention

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State Dept. agrees to pay $37M to settle disability discrimination lawsuit

Hiring/Retention

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Hundreds of federal employees teleworking overseas set to receive pay bump under NDAA

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AFGE joins calls to fire State Dept diplomat for allegedly posting antisemitic content

Workforce

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State Department rethinks how it vets Foreign Service candidates to diversify ranks

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

An inside look at the State Department during a war in Europe

People

FILE - A view of the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. One by one, embassies and international offices in Kyiv closed. Flight after flight was canceled when insurance companies balked at covering planes arriving in Ukraine. Hundreds of millions of dollars in investment dried up within weeks. With Russian troops encircling much of the country, Ukrainian businesses large and small no longer plan for the future, they can barely foresee what will happen week to week. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, File)

Ukraine: It’s personal and professional, Part II

Commentary

‘Diplomacy is a dangerous occupation’ — State Dept adds 71 names to memorial wall

Workforce

Steadying the foreign policy ship after a change in administration

Hiring/Retention

State Dept. moves to phase two reopening in DC area amid workforce concerns

Workforce

Diplomatic workers’ group warns, State Department leadership being ‘depleted’

In today’s Federal Newscast, The American Foreign Service Association penned a letter to members citing its president’s concerns about the current state…

Federal Newscast

Tillerson asks career diplomats for change ideas

Rex Tillerson goes out on a limb when describing what will happen after State redesigns all of its work processes.

Tom Temin Commentary

Matthew Asada, State Vice President, Foreign Service Association

Federal linguists are finding themselves in a Catch-22 situation. They become experts in another culture and language by spending a lot of time living in another country. But spending a lot of time outside of the United States can make their security lives more difficult. Matthew Asada is State vice president of the American Foreign Service Association. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he explained the obstacles a federal linguist faces when trying to advance a career.