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Snapshot: Enduring Foreign Service Staffing and Experience Gaps
We’ll have additional post on this later. But here is a quick snapshot from the just released GAO report: According to the GAO: In 2008, approximately 7,000 of about 8,100 total Foreign Service...
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Foreign Service Staffing Gaps, and Oh, Diplomacy 3.0 Hiring Initiative to...
The GAO just released its June 2012 report on the Foreign Service staffing gaps (GAO: Foreign Service Midlevel Staffing Gaps Persist Despite Significant Increases in Hiring (June 2012). Here are the...
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US Embassy Hungary: DCM M. André Goodfriend to Depart Post After Only 18 Months
Posted: 13:10 EST M. André Goodfriend has served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest since August 2013 . Pending the confirmation of the new ambassador, he was Embassy...
View ArticleWith Zero Information From @StateDept, Foreign Service Candidates Remain in...
Posted: 2:42 am ET Updated: 12:08 pm PT Updated: Feb 14, 2:18 pm PT: Notification reportedly went out o/a 9 pm on Feb 13 that the FSO/FSS March classes are on. [twitter-follow...
View ArticleA Look Back at @StateDept Staffing Efforts: Powell’s Diplomatic Readiness...
Posted 12:15 pm PT Follow @Diplopundit Apparently, Secretary Tillerson sent a letter to Senator Corker with a chart showing that there are 2K more FSOs today than in 2008. Well, not because of...
View ArticleU.S. Embassy Nassau: Aging Facility, Staffing Gaps, Curtailments, Morale...
In 2012, State/OIG did an inspection of the US Embassy in Nassau, The Bahamas (see US Embassy Nassau: Where Absence Makes the Heart Not/Not Grow Fonder); State/OIG Nassau Report: What’s taking them...
View ArticleUS Embassy Dhaka: Persistent Staffing Gaps, Workload Stress, a Triple Stretch
In July 2016, the US Embassy in Bangladesh went on voluntary evacuation (U.S. Embassy Dhaka: Now on “Authorized Departure” For Family Members of USG Personnel). State/OIG conducted the inspection of...
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