RIMC Johannesburg develops online training initiative
By Jared Bowe
The signatures were barely dry on the telework agreements when Regional Information Management Center (RIMC) Johannesburg’s Branch Chief Eddie Davis and Information Management Technical Specialist (IMTS)...
Advisory warns businesses of risks in northwest China
By Bob Viglietta
On July 1, the Department of State and the Departments of the Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland Security (DHS) issued the Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory as...
Task force reimagines future for Department’s workforce
By Lee Ann Eissler
The COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic impact on the Department of State’s traditional work processes. In response to calls from the workforce to address challenges brought on...
‘Heroes’ initiative honors local staff
By Ruben Harutunian
An angry group of protesters assembled outside of Embassy Tunis, Sept. 14, 2012. Some of the protesters were violent—climbing over the embassy’s perimeter wall, burning embassy-owned...
Embassy Bangui celebrates Women’s Day
By Tanya Brothen
When Embassy Bangui made plans to celebrate International Women’s Day—recognized worldwide on March 8—they did not know it would be disrupted by a global pandemic and...
DSS manages lifesaving equipment that protects diplomats
By Angela French
In a nondescript building in Alexandria, Va., gunsmiths design and test weapons used by Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) special agents, while engineering teams develop and assess...
Bishkek pivots to virtual outreach amid pandemic
By Ryan S. Bartlett
As a wave of COVID-19 spread through Kyrgyzstan in late March, the way that people consumed information changed. Kyrgyz people, many stuck inside Soviet-style apartments...
Connecting emerging IT professionals to the Department
By Katherine Davis
The Foreign Affairs Information Technology (FAIT) Fellowship allows university students to prepare for careers as information management specialists while completing their education. The program consists of...
NDEAM panel event highlights access and opportunity
By Opal Blackmon and Amanda J. Richard
Each October, employers in the public and private sectors are encouraged to recognize employees with disabilities’ varied contributions by celebrating National Disability...
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
By Camelia Valldejuly and Isabel Romero
Founded in 1982, the Hispanic Employee Council of Foreign Affairs Agencies (HECFAA) is a non-profit organization and Department of State employee affinity group...
