The Overseas Development Program
By Nicola A. P. Cullen
The purpose of the Overseas Development Program (ODP) is to create a cadre of mid-level Civil Service (CS) employees with...
Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues
Opening photo: Lit candles are a symbol of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
By Deborah Guido-O’Grady
In his first public remarks as secretary of state, Antony Blinken...
The Office of Accessibility and Accommodations Section 508 Team
Opening Photo: Assistive technology, such as the DaVinci Pro HD/OCR Text-to-Speech Desktop Magnifier in the Access Center (on the left), allows individuals to magnify...
Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia
Opening photo: Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia James Kulikowski (front right in orange tie), USAID Mission Director Susan Fritz...
Sports Diplomacy Division
Opening photo: Olympic Gold Medalist sprinter DeeDee Trotter in Japan, February 2020. Photo courtesy of Embassy Tokyo
By Jay Aprea, Matthew Ferner, Kalisha Holmes, Ashleigh Huffman,...
The Overseas Criminal Investigations Division
Opening photo: A Diplomatic Security Service special agent (fourth from right) along with U.S. and Armenian law enforcement officials return a U.S. fugitive wanted...
Office of Fire Protection
By Edward Babczak
In 1980, the Department of State experienced a large fire at Embassy Cairo that destroyed a warehouse. That same year, Embassy Moscow...
Portsmouth State Annexes
By Trenton Douthett
On a former U.S. Air Force base in Portsmouth, N.H., 400 Department of State employees and more than 1,000 contractors work cooperatively...
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,...
Export Control and Border Security
Visit, board, search, and seize training for Yemen Coast Guard to interdict illicit weapons trafficking. Photo courtesy of the United Nations Office of Drugs...