The department says the cuts, part of a reorganization that will see 3,000 total personnel reductions, will slash redundancy ...

The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...

Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.

No State Department official publicly said when the first notices for the planned layoffs would be sent, but the widespread ...

Foreign service officers face new hiring criteria as State Department removes DEI requirements and adds "fidelity" as a core precept, part of efforts to restructure the department.

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

The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon.

The changes to the hiring process at the State Department are expected to take place beginning with the June 2022 Foreign Service Officer (FSOT) test takers, the agency said in a statement Tuesday.

The State Department formally lifted its hiring freeze on Tuesday, ending a moratorium that has been in place for 16 months. Secretary Mike Pompeo announced the end of the freeze in a message to ...

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 ...

WMUR Manchester. State agencies may change hiring practices. Posted: April 2, 2025 | Last updated: April 2, 2025. News 9 Investigates first broke the story last week that the Labor Department is ...

The California Department of Human Resources’ proposed a job title change that would impact roughly 23,000 SEIU Local 1000 state workers.