Systemic Progress
By Amanda McCarthy
In 2020, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined the demographic composition of the Department of State’s workforce. GAO’s report, which reviewed fiscal...
Putting People First
By Ronda Capeles
People first. Successful organizations focus on integrating all aspects of employee satisfaction into business-related processes, and the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations...
Triumph Amid Turmoil
Opening photo: President Ronald Reagan (far left) meets with Senior Advisors George Shultz (far right), Kenneth Duberstein (third from left), Colin Powell (second from...
Overcoming Virtual Challenges
By Calvin Clessas, Celia Lee, and Waqas Feroze
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) is responsible for acquiring, designing, constructing, and maintaining Department of...
Fulbright going strong at 75
Opening Photo: President Harry S. Truman (center) poses with a group of Fulbright teachers, 1950. Photo courtesy of the University of Arkansas Libraries Special...
Mission China’s D&I Councils work together to effect positive change
By Kristin Gilmore
Following a series of community-led conversations about structural racism in the United States in August 2020, then-Ambassador Terry Branstad called on the...
ConGen Lagos sponsors workshop for regional journalists
Public Affairs Officer Stephen Ibelli (seated, 3rd from left) met with a group of journalists during a two-day regional investigative healthcare reporting workshop in...
Embassy Dushanbe provides trauma care training
Embassy Dushanbe’s Civil-Military Support Element from the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade provided training on emergency trauma care to representatives from Tajikistan’s Committee for Emergency...
Program in Somalia expands education access
Embassy Mogadishu recently highlighted USAID Somalia’s Bar ama Baro (Teach or Learn) program working on expanding access to education for Somali children who were...
