Florida Regional Center
Florida Regional Center employees gather for a team photo on a bright winter day in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 19, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Florida Regional Center
By Sarah Spodek
Originally located in Santo Domingo,...
Improving Communication
Western Passport Center employees gather to celebrate Cultivate DEIA during Consular Leadership Day, Oct. 19, 2022. Photo by Jamie Lewallen
By Topher Taylor, Amy Simms, and Sarah Wardwell
Consular professionals are working to improve customer relations,...
Technological Journey
By Todd C.E. Cheng and Lisa Kurtz
On receiving his first telegram in the early 1860s, British Prime Minister Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, is reported to have exclaimed, “My God, this is the end...
Performance Management
Bureau of Global Talent Management leaders meet with Marcia S. Bernicat, director general of the Foreign Service and director of global talent, Nov. 15. Those pictured include (from left) Michael B. Phillips, Nina Maria...
Environmental Partnership
From left: U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, President of France Emmanuel Macron, President of the European Commision Ursula von der Layen, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa,...
Embassy Baghdad celebrates personal services contractor’s 40 years of service
Embassy Baghdad’s regional security office presented Nir Khadge (left) with a flag flown over the embassy to mark his 40th year with the Department of State, July 27. Khadge—who as a personal services contractor...
Embassy Bangkok unveils women’s empowerment mural
U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Robert F. Godec (left) and local students helped Thai-Indonesian American artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya (right) paint the embassy’s new mural on the street-side of the consular section. The mural depicts a...
Embassy Tirana meeting highlights defense cooperation in Albania
On Nov. 21, U.S. Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim (second from right) met with Brig. Gen. Arben Kingji (second from left), in his new capacity as chief of defense of Albania, to strengthen U.S.-Albania...
Retirements | January 2023
Civil Service
Burruss, Dante M.El-Bishlawy, Amina A.Foy, James J.Goodwine, Lisa C.Jackson, Jeffrey L.Lamothe, Marie Y.Lantos, AttilaLindquist, Robert A.McAleer, Elizabeth G.McClannan, H.Nash, Darryl L.Washburn, Robin L.
Foreign Service
Aardappel, John A.Abamonte, Gerard J.Alava, Eduardo J.Allen, Glen R.Amirthanayagam, Aruna...