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The reorganization plans of three agencies show a trend of consolidating, centralizing back-office functions.
New diversity efforts include requiring any open ambassador position to include at least one minority candidate.
A group of foreign policy experts assembled by the Atlantic Council advocates a "de-layered" State Department, saying the current structure is "unmanageable."
The State Department is reconsidering whether it really needs a diplomat to coordinate cybersecurity policy. Brookings visiting fellow Cameron Kerry says State should be enhancing the position, not getting rid of it.
More than 35,000 State Department employees voiced concerns to management about some of the changes being proposed under its agency reorganization.
The Trump administration is considering closing the State Department's Office of Global Criminal Justice.
The federal government is headed toward an electronic records classification overload.
The per diem rate for lodging rose to $93, up $2 from last year, while the meals and incidental expenses allowance holds steady at $51.
The State Department quietly launched a new Cyber and Technology Security (CTS) directorate, which falls within the Diplomatic Security Service, to address threats and vulnerabilities for embassies, consulates and foreign affairs officers.
How does an agency improve customer experience while simultaneously dealing with a shrinking budget, a smaller workforce and maybe even a hiring freeze?
A USAID official said the CIO’s office worked directly with GAO to understand the exact nature and intent behind each metric, and prioritized and accelerated updates to address previous gaps.
If you want to get an inkling of why the federal budget process takes so long, just watch a typical budget hearing.
Frontis Wiggins, the State Department’s chief information officer, said he wants to set specific rules around IT management and acquisition, but give agency offices flexibility too as part of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act implementation effort.
Rex Tillerson goes out on a limb when describing what will happen after State redesigns all of its work processes.