Funding Diplomacy

Bureau of Budget and Planning employees pose for a group photo in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the Harry S Truman Building, March 30. Photo by Bintou Njie
Bureau of Budget and Planning employees pose for a group photo in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the Harry S Truman Building, March 30....

Preserving Architectural History

The exterior of the Post Office building shows a carved relief. Photo by Aislinn Weidele By Giuliana Bullard and Ryan Thompson  Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

Outsized Impact

Buildings adorned with their distinctive color palette can found in Havana City’s Parque Central, or Central Park, which is filled with landmarks and historic colonial buildings with arches and balconies. Photo by Alex Waltner
Buildings adorned with their distinctive color palette can found in Havana City’s Parque Central, or Central Park, which is filled with landmarks and historic...

Sustainable Practice

Civil engineering students from NUST visit the construction site, Oct. 29, 2021. Photo by Jacques Du Toit
Civil engineering students from NUST visit the construction site, Oct. 29, 2021. Photo by Jacques Du Toit By Matthew A. Shedd Nestled among the gently rolling...

Imbued with History

Office of Cultural Heritage Conservator Lauren Hall (left) and Consultant Emily MacDonald-Korth (right) use technology to look beneath the outer layers of paint to reveal secrets beneath. Photo by Katherine Ferguson
Office of Cultural Heritage Conservator Lauren Hall (left) and Consultant Emily MacDonald-Korth (right) use technology to look beneath the outer layers of paint to...

The Decisive Decade

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) speaks at the Office of Management Strategy and Solutions Center for Analytics. From left: M/SS Deputy Director Brett Pomainville, Deputy Undersecretary Brian McKeon, Blinken, M/SS Director Janice deGarmo, and Chief Data Officer Dr. Matthew Graviss, Nov. 9, 2022. State Department photo
By Tanner Gildea and Lily Bermel “This is the decisive decade for the climate crisis,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary J.R. Littlejohn during a presentation...

Tactical Training

A SPEAR team member assigned to Embassy Niamey does pull-ups during the 2022 SPEAR Summit Challenge in Thiès, Senegal, in December 2022. Photo by Vince Crawley
A SPEAR team member assigned to Embassy Niamey does pull-ups during the 2022 SPEAR Summit Challenge in Thiès, Senegal, in December 2022. Photo by...

Leveraging Innovation

Members of the IRM Doha team pose for a photo, Feb. 6. From left, standing: Sana Al Batayneh, Ahmad Azizi, Vincent Fernandez, Nashwa Basheer, Hakim Addeche, Moaad Badawi, Abdel Fatah Suliman, Rami Zeitawi, and James Gallup. From left, seated: Maha Maarouf, and Chickelle Woody. Photo by Wilson Umeh
Members of the IRM Doha team pose for a photo, Feb. 6. Standing, from left: Sana Al Batayneh, Ahmad Azizi, Vincent Fernandez, Nashwa Basheer,...

Aware and Prepared

FACT students seek cover from a simulated terror attack during the course's final training exercise, Dec. 9, 2022. Story and photos by Isaac D. Pacheco Traveling...

Award for Corporate Excellence

From left: CEO and co-founder of Drinkwell Minhaj Chowdhury, Interim CEO and Chairman of the Board of Gap Bob Martin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, CEO and Managing Director of Anova Blane Olsen, Chief Government Affairs Officer of Intel Bruce Andrews, and Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Ramin Toloui pose together after the ACE ceremony, Dec. 9, 2022. Photo by Freddie Everett
By Christian Bonadio The 2022 Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE)—organized by the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs’ Office of Commercial and...