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GAO Report - State Department: Standards for Overseas Housing Need Review

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107965
“[W]e found that State has not updated its maximum housing space standards for overseas personnel in 35 years. Consequently, it may be paying for larger residential units than necessary to provide adequate housing for these employees.”

u/Best-Lemon-2917 — 6 days ago

▲ 89 r/foreignservice

Ending DEI Ideology in the U.S. Foreign Service

state.gov

u/Best-Lemon-2917 — 7 days ago

▲ 59 r/foreignservice

Two-Language Limit

As expected, the Department is officially enforcing the rule limiting long-term language training.

From the bidding instructions:

HR/CDA reminds bidders and selecting managers that 13 FAM 201.1-1(A)(1)(d) limits the number of times an employee may take long-term language training during their career to a total of two such courses of training.

reddit.com

u/Best-Lemon-2917 — 24 days ago

▲ 109 r/foreignservice

RIP the US state department

“18 months into Trump’s second term the department is not just sidelined; it appears under siege.”

https://www.ft.com/content/ae268a4e-5134-4d34-ba5e-a908cc74c52d?accessToken=zwAAAZ9gIKJtkdOuJopOUTRNNNO6XqkIzHTFLQ.MEUCIBEXIwO6lbSDqqSZNM_eTlU9ceYRUkjnJRlEPj0RqFwMAiEAxsX0zVCdi9v4w5uVPtYtJpVEBEf237OJPgKfA85fu40&sharetype=gift&token=c0acab60-685d-48de-9494-62abb4ff55dd&syn-25a6b1a6=1

u/Best-Lemon-2917 — 1 month ago