@StateDept Publishes EPAP Positions Available Now/Summer 2018 #Feb20Lists #EFMs
Posted: 2:30 am ET Follow @Diplopundit On February 20, the State Department through its Family Liaison Office published the 2018 Spring/Summer positions available under the Expanded Professional...
View ArticleDigital Media Publisher Seeks Finance Editor #EFMJobs #EUR #Telecommuting
Posted: 4:18 am ET Follow @Diplopundit SmartBrief is a digital media publisher of targeted business news and information by industry. It publishes more than 200 niche e-mail newsletters in...
View ArticleDiplomatic Spouse Martin Cooke Rescues Drowning Tourist in Western Australia
Posted: 2:27 am ET Follow @Diplopundit Western Australia’s Esperance Express reported in early March that “brave actions saved the life of a drowning tourist” after he was caught in a rip current at...
View Article@StateDept Shows “We Care About Diplomatic Spouses” By Creating Jobs Few Can...
Posted: 12:54 am PT Follow @Diplopundit When you hear that people are besides themselves … because in the latest Expanded Professional Associates Program (EPAP) qualifications round, posts don’t have...
View ArticleWhen you hear that a newbie ambassador is pulling a Tillerson …
When you hear that a newbie ambassador is pulling a Tillerson at his new post, freezing eligible family member (EFM) and locally employed staff (LES) hiring so he can “evaluate” them. #
View ArticleNicaragua Crisis Escalates as Ortega Regime Continues Targeting of Anti-Govt...
Follow @Diplopundit The State Department updated its Travel Advisory for Nicaragua on July 6, 2018 to Level 3 urging that U.S. travelers reconsider travel to Nicaragua due to crime, civil unrest, and...
View ArticleSnapshot: The Tillerson Effect on Foreign Service Family Member Employment...
Via State/FLO: Rex Tillerson was confirmed and assumed charged of the State Department on February 1, 2017 as the 69th Secretary of State. He was fired on March 13, 2018 and left Foggy Bottom for the...
View Article#TrumpShutdown Enters 18th Day, At Least $2.5B in Costs and Counting, With No...
Posted: 2:38 am PST On January 3, the Democratic-led House passed spending bills with a handful of Republicans joining them to reopen the government without funds for the border wall. Senate Majority...
View Article@StateDept to Venezuela’s Maduro: You can’t break up with U.S. or PNG our...
Posted: 2:44 am EST Updated: 10:33 am PST headline. On January 23, 2019, Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro @NicolasMaduro announced that his country will break diplomatic relations with the...
View ArticleUS Embassy Venezuela Now on Mandatory Evacuation For Non-Emergency Staff and...
Posted: 8:37 pm PST In the afternoon of January 24, the US Embassy in Caracas issued a Security Alert announcing the mandatory departure of non-emergency USG personnel from Venezuela: On January 24,...
View ArticleU.S. Embassy Haiti Now on Mandatory Evacuation For Diplomatic Family Members...
Posted: 1:45 am, EST On February 12, the State Department issued a Level 3: Reconsider Travel for Haiti and announced the mandatory evacuation of family members under the age of 18 of U.S. personnel...
View ArticleUS Embassy Haiti Now on Mandatory Evacuation For All Non-Emergency Staff and...
Posted: 7:06 pm PST Updated: 8:23 pm PST After about a week of protests in Haiti, the State Department issued a mandatory and voluntary departure orders for some family members of non-emergency staff...
View ArticleMiles With Mike and Susan on ExtraTV: Hello, Hello, America!
Posted: 2:46 pm PST This clip comes with an ‘Extra’ Exclusive! A Glimpse of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Personal Life. ExtraTV says it “offers a half-hour edition every weekday and an original...
View ArticleSnapshot: @StateDept Workforce Distribution by Employment Category (February...
Posted:12:52 am EST Via state.gov: The Department relies on Locally Employed (LE) staff to support its global mission. LE Staff, which includes contractors overseas, accounts for 58 percent of the...
View ArticleSenators Van Hollen and Sullivan Introduce the Foreign Service Families Act...
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), cofounders of the bipartisan Foreign Service Caucus, have introduced the Foreign Service Families Act (S.1293), a bill to expand...
View ArticleSnapshot: 3 FAM 1217 Participation of Spouse (in Representational,...
“Unless working as an employee or contractor, participation of a spouse in the work of a post is a voluntary act of a private person, not a legal obligation which can be imposed by any Foreign...
View ArticleFCS Foreign Service Officer Lola Gulomova Killed By FSO Spouse in Apparent...
Help Fund the Blog Diplopundit 2019 — 60-Day Campaign from June 5, 2019 – August 5, 2019 ______________________________________ Last Friday, DC Metro Police reported the death of a Foreign Service...
View ArticleMust Read: Divorce and Foreign Service Retirement Benefits
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View ArticleNo/No Kenyan Wife For the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya!
Help Fund the Blog | Diplopundit 2019 — 60-Day Campaign from June 5, 2019 – August 5, 2019 ______________________________________ Standing next to the most beautiful & courageous woman I know....
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