State moves forward with foreign service officer layoffs in blow to civil service

The State Department on Tuesday officially terminated the employment of approximately 200 foreign service members as part of a reduction in force (RIF), part of more than 1,300 layoffs at the ...
Defense One

Shortly after laying off hundreds, State hires new class of foreign service staff

Less than 10 weeks after the State Department laid off hundreds of Foreign Service Officers, citing bureaucratic bloat, it is beginning to bring nearly 100 new ones on. Last week, the Office of Talent ...
The Daily Signal

State Department Fires Foreign Service Officer in Secret Relationship With Chinese Communist

President Donald Trump’s State Department has fired a foreign service officer who admitted to hiding a relationship with a woman who had known ties to the Chinese Communist Party, the department ...
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What are the new reforms to the foreign service exam? Inside US State Department’s overhaul

The US State Department has rolled out sweeping reforms to its Foreign Service Officer (FSO) exam and training system. The changes are part of a broader effort by the administration of Donald Trump to ...
AOL

State Department confirms Foreign Service Officer is suspect in Virginia 'road rage' mass stabbing

The suspect in a highway "road rage incident" Sunday that left one woman and a dog dead and several other women wounded was a Foreign Service Officer, the State Department confirmed to Fox News ...
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'Choosing merit over DEI': Trump admin to scrap Foreign Service Officer Test; will introduce new version

The Donald Trump administration is scrapping the State Department’s current Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT) and introducing a new version that it says would be strictly “merit-based,” in contrast ...