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Snapshot: Geographic Distribution of Family Member Employment Overseas...
Posted: 2:01 am ET Via state.gov/flo A couple of things we’d like to note here. One, the State Department’s “listening tour” survey only includes “employed family members.” If the survey only...
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Yes or No: EFMs Are Making Their Maximum Contribution 😱 A Picture Book 😭
Posted: 12:38 am ET Part I: “EFMs are making their maximum contribution!” Yes, Sir. Yes. Great! Word cloud your maximum contribution. Note: Eligible Family Members (EFMs) washing their vegetables in...
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MSPB Precedential Case: The Statutory Definition of a “Widow”
Posted: 2:14 am ET This is a precedential case worth noting via the U.S. Merit Service Protection Board: Petitioner: Amanda E. Becker Respondent: Office of Personnel Management Tribunal: U.S. Court...
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@StateDept Targets Umbrella Schools For Homeschooling Foreign Service Families
Posted: 4:18 am ET An umbrella school is an alternative education school which serves to oversee the homeschooling of children to fulfill government educational requirements. Umbrella or cover...
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Notable Details From Tillerson’s Congressional Appearances on FY18 Budget...
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@StateDept Orders Evacuation of US Embassy Venezuela Family Members,...
Posted: 5:29 pm PT On July 27, the State Department ordered the departure of family members and authorized the voluntary departure of U.S. government employees from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas. The...
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@StateDept Suspends Its Visa Interview Waiver Program (IWP) Under E.O. 13780...
Posted: 4:24 am ET On July 27, the State Department issued a redacted guidance citing changes from ALDAC 17 State 77174 on Interview Waivers. The new guidance reflects the suspension of the Interview...
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Unemployment Status of @StateDept Family Members Overseas (4/2017)...
Posted: 2:01 am ET Updated: 1:51 pm PT for clarity and a new hashtag Updated: August 5, 10:17 am PT Updated: 12:07 pm PT Update: August 5, 10:17 am PT: The FLO website now has a new August 4 update...
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U.S. Diplomats in Cuba Sonic Attacks: As Serious as Mild TBI/Central Nervous...
Posted: 2:49 am ET CBS News updated its reporting on the “sonic attacks” on U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Havana, Cuba. CBS News said that a U.S. doctor who evaluated American and Canadian diplomats...
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16 USG Employees in “Sonic Attack” and More on The Secret History of...
Posted: 3:33 am ET On August 24, during the Daily Press Briefing, the State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert confirmed that 16 USG employees were affected by the “sonic attack.” We only now...
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Meet Newt, Soon to be @StateDept’s Newest Eligible Family Member
Posted: 12:54 am ET Via Politico: Last week, Newt Gingrich sat in a classroom surrounded by 11 women and one other man, furiously jotting notes. In the weeklong intensive, where classes ran from 9...
View ArticleSenate Confirms Callista Gingrich as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
Posted: 1:53 am ET Follow @Diplopundit For a short while on Monday, Callista Gingrich was trending on Twitter. It turned out that the U.S. Senate finally voted on her nomination as U.S. Ambassador to...
View ArticleTillerson Delivers to @StateDept’s Africa Bureau Its “Most Significant...
Posted: 12:25 am ET Follow @Diplopundit All Foreign Service posts in Africa receive post hardship differential, that is, an allowance meant to provide “additional compensation of up to 35 percent...
View ArticleAAFSW Secretary of State’s Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad
Posted: 1:25 am ET Follow @Diplopundit The annual Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide AAFSW/Secretary of State’s Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad (SOSA) recognizes the...
View ArticleInbox: Feast-or-Famine Games Being Played With State Staffing Levels
Posted: 1:33 am ET Follow @Diplopundit From our inbox this week: I agree with AFSA that the house is on fire, but the question is what to do about it? To use the fire analogy, you have to remove the...
View ArticleU.S. Embassy Havana: Doctors Identify Brain Abnormalities in Cuba Attack...
Posted: 1:10 am ET Follow @Diplopundit Looks like the thinking is no longer that a “sonic weapon” hurt diplomats in Cuba https://t.co/BgNMiG2SJv (As @dvergano foresaw: https://t.co/qE52yNhwDQ) —...
View ArticleTillerson Issues New Personnel Actions, But What’s That About Lifting the EFM...
Posted: 1:33 am ET Follow @Diplopundit On Monday, December 18, the State Department reportedly announced that Secretary Tillerson approved a number of additional personnel actions as follows: #1. An...
View ArticleEEOC Case: Investigators Find False Accusations, Agency Refuses to Help Clear...
Posted: 3:01 am ET Follow @Diplopundit This is an EEOC case about a complainant who was the Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Naples, Italy. The name used here is a pseudonym as in...
View Article@StateDept Releases New Strategery For Diplomatic Spouse Professional...
Posted: 6:01 am ET Updated: 10:30 am PT (fixed headline) Follow @Diplopundit During his town hall with employees on December 12, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced the lifting of the hiring...
View ArticleUnemployment Status of @StateDept Family Members Overseas (Fall 2017)
Posted: 4:25 am ET Follow @Diplopundit On February 13, Foreign Policy did a piece on Tillerson’s hiring freeze of Eligible Family Members (EFM) at the State Department and how even as the freeze...
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