The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...

The department says the cuts, part of a reorganization that will see 3,000 total personnel reductions, will slash redundancy ...

Foreign service officers face new hiring criteria as State Department removes DEI requirements and adds "fidelity" as a core ...

State Department to release letter to all employees Thursday evening informing them that it's officially moving to implement ...

No State Department official publicly said when the first notices for the planned layoffs would be sent, but the widespread ...

The State Department is trimming back the overall scope of its layoffs, compared to what it told Congress last month, with ...

A plan to overhaul the U.S. State Department and lay off employees is moving into the implementation phase following a ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.

The changes to the hiring process at the State Department are expected to take place beginning with the June 2022 Foreign Service Officer (FSOT) test takers, the agency said in a statement Tuesday.

Monopoly and privilege fiercely resist change. State’s current hiring system also serves to perpetuate the department’s political biases, wherein senior diplomats recruit new officers who are ...

The State Department formally lifted its hiring freeze on Tuesday, ending a moratorium that has been in place for 16 months. Secretary Mike Pompeo announced the end of the freeze in a message to ...