Paid Parental Leave
By Amanda J. Richard
In December 2019, Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent Carol Z. Perez announced the president’s signing of new legislation, the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA),...
U.S. Support for Nuclear Technology
Opening Photo: U.S. Ambassador Jackie Wolcott (center right, hands raised) receives a tour of the LINAC (linear accelerator) facility at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA's) laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria, together with other Vienna-based...
Concluding with Dignity
ConGen Chengdu’s American staff thanked the city of Chengdu on the final day of consulate operations, July 27, 2020. Photo by ConGen Chengdu
By Jim Mullinax
As dawn rose over the western Chinese city of Chengdu, July 27, 2020, a...
Online to Real World
By Alicia Carter
When Dan Sheerin, 61, began interning at the Department of State in 1980, employees’ use of office automation mainly consisted of dictating machines and electric typewriters. The newly arriving computers were clunky,...
Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues
By Kathryn Fitrell
As more of life’s everyday transactions move online, securing cyberspace has grown into a U.S. national security priority. For the past decade, the Department of State’s Office of the Coordinator for Cyber...
FSI launches new learning management system
By L. David Tigreros, PMP, CISSP
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) announced the launch of FSiLearn, the Department of State’s newest online learning platform, Nov. 9, 2020. FSiLearn boasts a robust suite of tools and...
Department supports dog training program in Kinshasa
Ambassador Mike Hammer visits Garamba National Park in Haut Uele to observe a USAID-supported dog training project to improve park management and protection of endangered species. With support from the Department’s Bureau of International...
OBO breaks ground for reimagined embassy campus in New Delhi
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) broke ground on the new Embassy New Delhi compound, Jan. 8. India’s Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri (at podium), Delhi Deputy Chief...
