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Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts

Democrats say an appropriations bill with 10% spending cuts to covered agencies would leave no choice but to implement staff reductions to make ends meet.

Budget

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

Workforce

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

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Foreign Service makes candidate assessment fully remote to broaden hiring pool

Hiring/Retention

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

Defense

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

Federal Newscast

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

Hiring/Retention

Meet the Foreign Service’s next generation of IT experts

Federal Report

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

Workforce

Federal lawsuit over 2015 OPM breach seems all but wrapped up

Federal Newscast

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

Technology

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

Employees at an office within the State Department’s human resources bureau frequently awarded family members, friends and acquaintances with paid positions…

Hiring/Retention

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)

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, top Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are calling on the State Department to expand opportunities for LGBTQ…

Federal Newscast

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

People

The U.S. Agency for International Development has started up a new office called diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.