State Department
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Jimmy Hall Jr., the State Bureau of Intelligence and Research’s chief information officer and director of the Technology and Innovation Office, said he will release a top secret cloud strategy to improve the agility, security and capabilities for the department.
August 28, 2023 -
Two young State Department foreign affairs officers helped secure recent releases of Americans held in by foreign countries. That fact has landed them as finalists in this year's Service to America Medals program, aka "the Sammies." Fletcher Schoen developed the negotiation strategy for basketball player Brittney Griner, among others. And Jennifer Harkins was instrumental in the 2022 release of nine Americans held by Venezuela.
August 24, 2023 -
The State Department is on track to issue a record-breaking number of passports this year, but is still dealing with a major backlog of applications and higher-than-average wait times.
August 15, 2023 -
She's a successful State Department negotiator dealing with the United Nations, no less. She's a lifelong athlete, excelling in several sports including rock climbing. And, she conducts her life from a wheelchair. Sofija Korac just received national recognition for work on behalf of people with disabilities.
August 11, 2023 -
The Biden administration is laying the foundation for greater use of artificial intelligence tools across the federal government — but agencies are already charting a path for how federal employees will work with AI tools.…
August 01, 2023 -
Warner says passport backlog ‘not sustainable,’ as State Dept aims for pre-pandemic processing timesSen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) says the current wait times for passports are “not sustainable," and urged the bureau to take more aggressive steps to address a major backlog.
July 14, 2023 -
The White House on Thursday released an implementation plan for its National Cybersecurity Strategy. The plan outlines 65 high-impact initiatives agencies must meet to stay ahead of emerging threats, and sets a timeline to complete those goals.
July 13, 2023 -
CISA says a federal agency was only able to detect the infiltration of its email accounts because it had access to Microsoft's "enhanced" logging capabilities.
July 12, 2023 -
The Federal Drive with Tom Temin recently brought you an interview with one of this year's Data for Diplomacy awardees from the State Department.
July 05, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast, one Senator says he’s working on legislation that would give the State Department more ways to handle its backlog of passport applications.
June 30, 2023 -
As Independence Day nears, let's think about federal employees doing things to agency missions and U.S. ideals
June 29, 2023 -
The State Department put a spotlight on one of the Biden administration's top federal workforce priorities, when it named its first chief diversity and inclusion officer.
June 28, 2023 -
Eric Stein, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Global Information, is looking at ways to use emerging technology to improve FOIA processing governmentwide
June 21, 2023 -
The State Department’s Foreign Service is recruiting a new generation of its IT workforce, and training them to support its diplomatic mission at posts across the globe.
June 19, 2023 -
The State Department's modernizing program includes a news emphasis on data, what is called, Data for Diplomacy. State gives annual awards to employees who advance the use of data to improve things. Federal Drive host Tom Temin's guest was recognized for how he identified challenges in collecting data about foreign assistance.
June 14, 2023