Antony Blinken

With new AI tools available, State Department encourages experimentation

State wants employees to try out new AI tools like State Chat and North Star, but also share their own use cases to help drive the agency’s AI approach.

Artificial Intelligence

Foreign Service looks back on last 100 years, highlights plan to recruit next-generation diplomats

Workforce

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Deputy Secretary Richard Verma participates in a recording session for Arizona State University’s diplomatic podcast, October 24, 2023.

State Dept workforce in ‘tough position’ with 13% staffing gap, says deputy secretary

Workforce

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New chief diversity and inclusion officer headed to State Dept

Federal Newscast

State Dept honors Foreign Service families for ‘exceptional’ volunteer work abroad

Workforce

State Dept prioritizes ‘AI-ready workforce’ in its first AI strategy

Artificial Intelligence

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A handful of companies get an atta-boy from the Secretary of State

Management

State Dept rethinks training for Foreign Service at all levels amid hiring surge

Hiring/Retention

State Dept’s departing diversity chief expects DEIA programs to outlast rollback attempts

Workforce

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Chairman McCaul threatens to hold Secretary of State Blinken in contempt of Congress

Federal Newscast

State Dept domestic workforce hits ‘record-high levels’ under modernization effort

Hiring/Retention

Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during the Quad summit with President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

State Department overhauls workforce data to track DEIA goal progress

The State Department, for the first time, holds disaggregated workforce data sets that break down the composition of its workforce across nearly every…

All About Data

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

The largest federal employee union is joining State Department employees and members of Congress in calling for the firing of a Foreign Service officer…

Workforce

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State Dept’s top HR official outlines vision to rebuild diplomatic workforce

Hiring/Retention

The State Department is looking to transform the way it carries out its diplomatic mission, starting with its workforce.