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Senators push for fix to potential Foreign Service pay cut

Congress has until the end of the month to reauthorize Overseas Comparability Pay.

Federal Report

State of the State Department: Hiring above attrition, training a new generation of diplomats

Budget

Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts

Workforce

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

Hiring/Retention

Foreign Service plans to rein in robust hiring efforts, following recent budget cuts

Hiring/Retention

Exclusive Foreign Service makes candidate assessment fully remote to broaden hiring pool

Defense

Congress, Biden administration look for ways to boost federal recruitment, retention of military spouses

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Federal Newscast

To stay employed, military spouses continue to battle their highly-mobile lifestyles

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia.

Hiring/Retention

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

Federal Report

Meet the Foreign Service’s next generation of IT experts

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

Workforce

State Department officer fights his way back from disease that left him permanently disabled

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Federal Newscast

Federal lawsuit over 2015 OPM breach seems all but wrapped up

Technology

We check with a new State Department bureau that's only been open eight weeks

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Hiring/Retention

State Dept. IG raises 'favoritism' concerns within Foreign Service promotion boards

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the State Department in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Federal Newscast

Members of Congress want State Dept to go to bat for LGBTQ diplomats

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People

USAID's first DEI director starting with demographic data for recruits, promotions

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Technology

How one big State Department bureau is updating its approach to cybersecurity

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People

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

FILE - A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus is posted on a store front in Philadelphia, on Feb. 16, 2022. The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Federal Newscast

New COVID guidance for federal agencies to match CDC recommendations

Former Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks to supporters as he announces the suspension of his campaign and his endorsement of former Vice President Joe Biden for president in New York Wednesday , March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Federal Newscast

Defense Secretary Austin looks to Michael Bloomberg for advice on innovation

Workforce

'Model diplomats': State Dept. honors Foreign Service families' volunteer work overseas

A U.S. military aide carries the "President's emergency satchel," also know as "the football," with the nuclear launch codes, walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, to join President Joe Biden for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Federal Newscast

DoD looking into what happens if the most important briefcase in the world goes missing

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Hiring/Retention

State Department seeks largest hiring surge in a decade under Biden budget