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 ...

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

The State Department will start sending notices to members of its workforce impacted by the reorganization soon, the agency's ...

State Department eliminates 132 offices and cuts 15% of Washington staff in Marco Rubio's sweeping overhaul criticized as diplomatic vandalism.

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 ...

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

Under department Secretary Antony Blinken’s orders, State began conducting exit interviews with departing staff to determine why they were leaving. After completing 500, some trends emerged.