embassies

The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

State Dept. ‘Data for Diplomacy’ winner recognized for COVID-19, air quality projects

From the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to personnel overseas, to tracking the air quality at U.S. embassies and consulates, the State Department is…

All About Data

An Afghan woman waits in a COVID testing center after arriving on a Spanish Air Force plane carrying Spanish nationals and Afghans at the Torrejon military base as part of the evacuation process in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul White)

GAO: State Dept didn’t always communicate with other agencies about evacuation plans during pandemic

Federal Newscast

FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in a Blue Dot Network Discussion at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Ministerial Council Meeting, Oct. 5, 2021, in Paris. The State Department on Friday, Nov. 5, named a new coordinator for its investigation into cases of so-called Havana Syndrome, responding to increased pressure from lawmakers to investigate and respond to hundreds of brain injuries reported by diplomats and intelligence officers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

State Dept. names new coordinator on ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases

Workforce

GAO

A quarter of State Dept. facilities need serious maintenance, backlog growing

Leasing/Property Management

GAO

Jason Bair, Government Accountability Office, GAO

State Department has work to do in terms of embassy construction, cybersecurity

Agency Oversight

State Department

How the State Department uses artists and artwork as part of its worldwide diplomatic effort

Facilities/Construction

FILE - In a Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, staff stand within the United States embassy facility in Havana, Cuba. The terrifying attacks in Cuba overwhelmingly hit U.S. intelligence operatives in Havana, not ordinary diplomats, when they began within days of President Donald Trump’s election, The Associated Press has learned. To date, the Trump administration largely described the victims as U.S. Embassy personnel or “members of the diplomatic community,” suggesting it was bona fide diplomats who were hit. That spies, working under diplomatic cover, comprised the majority of the early victims adds an entirely new element of mystery to what’s harmed at least 21 Americans over the last year. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

Years later, still unclear why US staff in Cuba, China experienced strange symptoms

Workforce

FILE-In this June 21, 2018 file photo, a job applicant looks at job listings for the Riverside Hotel at a job fair hosted by Job News South Florida, in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department is expected to issue its new regulations on overtime in 2019, which employees must be given overtime, and which are exempt. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Federal contractors could get favorable treatment for hiring disabled workers

Federal Newscast

FILE - in this Dec. 6, 2017, file photo, the American flag flies at the U.S embassy building in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. When the Stars and Stripes are hoisted over the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem next month it will be a physical milestone in a broader, striking shift by the Trump administration away from a half century of traditional U.S. policy toward Israel and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

State Department lags in replacing 180 posts with more secure buildings

Federal Drive

OPM wants to let agency leaders administer direct hire authorities

Federal Newscast

Embassy security and traveling abroad

Fed Access

State partners to green diplomacy

Earth Day Network and the U.S. Department of State have developed the D.C. Forum for Greening Embassies so that foreign missions can exchange ideas on…

Federal Drive

Wartime Contracting Commission finds drinking problem with ArmorGroup

A single line in federal law could be why the State Department hired a security firm whose workers allegedly engaged in alcohol abuse and lurid behavior….

Federal Drive