Microsoft Teams enhances communication and collaboration

By Robert Watts Many Department of State employees have discovered the value of Microsoft Teams on the Department’s network during the past several months. Now auto-starting on OpenNet desktops, available on GO Virtual, GO Browser, and mobile apps, Microsoft...

FSI hosts first-ever virtual orientation

The Foreign Service Institute concluded the first-ever virtual orientation for 157 Foreign Service generalists and specialists, June 26. Referring to themselves as “The Novel 156th/202nd,” the class adapted Foreign Service traditions like Flag Day...
Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan (center) joins participants at the Alumni Thematic International Exchange Seminar. Photo courtesy of Embassy Ghana

Investing in People

By Jeannie Hindman In 1940, Nelson Rockefeller, coordinator of commercial and cultural affairs for the American Republics, initiated the exchange of persons program with Latin America, inviting 130 Latin American journalists to the United States....

TalentCare

By Lawrence Randolph Nothing is more important than the health, safety, and well-being of the more than 76,000 people who make up the Department of State’s global workforce. The Department’s global mission imposes considerable demands, both...
Stabilization Advisor Ian Arzeni (bottom row, left) gathers with skateboarding students following an afternoon session in Dar es Salaam, Nov. 9, 2019. Photo by Sophie Neumann

Passion Project

By Mark Schaver Not the wedding they were expecting, Stabilization Advisor and his wife Sophie Neumann, are shown after they got married at the Kinondoni District Commissioner’s office in Dar es Salaam, March 30. Photo...
Members of Embassy Kabul’s staff gather, while social distancing, in the front of the embassy before starting their volunteer work. Photo by Todd Jurkowski

Embassy Kabul redefines service

By Amy Hood Embassy Kabul was already working within the confines of a decades-long conflict, political turmoil, and terrorist threats when the coronavirus pandemic struck in March. Due to the outbreak, the compound was locked...

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Making a Statement

The image is split down the middle with the "Making a Statement" logo in white on a blue background on the left, followed by the name Josué Barrera. Barrera smiles on the right.