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State Dept settlement lowers barriers for Foreign Service applicants with disabilities

The State Department has finalized changes expected to it easier for people with disabilities to join the Foreign Service.

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State Dept faces subpoena for confidential records. Diplomats fear chilling effect

Unions

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

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

Pay

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

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

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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

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Steadying the foreign policy ship after a change in administration

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