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 ...

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

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the agency “bloated,” yet as violence spiked in the Middle East, staff say they’ve ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tillerson breaks State Department hiring freeze ... "I know change like this is really stressful for a lot of people," Tillerson said to employees at the department in May.