State Department
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Agencies impacted by the shutdown have turned off Twitter and Facebook feeds, while Washington D.C. area restaurants are offering free food.
December 22, 2018 -
Lean diplomatic resume for Trump's choice to be UN ambassador likely to be topic at Senate confirmation hearing
December 07, 2018 -
Rep. Jim Langevin has a cyber-studded legislative session planned.
November 26, 2018 -
Whether it's standing up an emergency medicine program in Mozambique or developing a love for reading in the children of Mexico, the men and women who travel alongside their spouses in the Foreign Service often find themselves serving in pivotal roles overseas.
November 21, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service lost money for the 12th straight year, although a rate increase on stamps could help.
November 15, 2018 -
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Willkie said he is not concerned his agency will be impacted by President Donald Trump's request that agencies trim their budgets by 5 percent in 2020.
November 12, 2018 -
Ken Rogers, the State Department's acting deputy chief information officer of business management and planning, said the agency's IT modernization strategy is bookended by two related goals – leveraging data as a strategic asset and building the IT workforce of the future.
November 09, 2018 -
A series of bombings of US embassies in the 1990s initially inspired the need for more secure facilities overseas.
November 02, 2018 -
Agencies receive more Freedom of Information Act requests now than ever before. But their workforces haven't kept up with the growing demand.
October 30, 2018 -
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has chosen career ambassador Daniel Smith as the new director of the Foreign Service Institute, the State Department's premier training bureau.
October 29, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management is changing regulations on direct hire authorities.
October 29, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office assesses a bill which would give the Trump administration expedited authority to reorganize the federal government.
October 26, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration is fixing a shortcoming of the acquisition oversight process by using artificial intelligence.
October 24, 2018 -
The Government Accountability Office is looking into how the State Department has responded to injury reports from employees in Cuba.
October 01, 2018 -
NIST wants to make sure agencies understand the added challenges of cybersecurity for IoT. That's why it's producing a new guidance document on the subject.
September 28, 2018