The Office of Accessibility and Accommodations Section 508 Team
Opening Photo: Assistive technology, such as the DaVinci Pro HD/OCR Text-to-Speech Desktop Magnifier in the Access Center (on the left), allows individuals to magnify...
Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues
Opening photo: Lit candles are a symbol of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
By Deborah Guido-O’Grady
In his first public remarks as secretary of state, Antony Blinken...
The Overseas Development Program
By Nicola A. P. Cullen
The purpose of the Overseas Development Program (ODP) is to create a cadre of mid-level Civil Service (CS) employees with...
Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
Opening photo: A Danish Demining Group deminer carefully extracts a landmine from the side of the mountain in Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of the Danish...
Office of Global Social Media
Opening illustration: The Department of State’s flagship social media accounts communicate foreign policy priorities to a global audience. Images of tweets from flagship @StateDept,...
Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues
By Kathryn Fitrell
As more of life’s everyday transactions move online, securing cyberspace has grown into a U.S. national security priority. For the past decade,...
Office of Central European Affairs
By John M. Grondelski
In the recent past a planned trip to a Central European country by a Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR)...
Email Service Management
By Trey Jammes and Robert Choy
The introduction of email and instant messaging (IM) services brought welcome enhancements to the workplace. Both have become highly...
Data, Transparency, and Accountability
By Amin Vafa
In early March, as the number of cases of individuals with coronavirus surged past 400,000 worldwide, the U.S. government announced $274 million...
GTM Diversity and Inclusion Unit
By Melissa Ledesma-Leese
To meet its diplomatic mission more effectively, the Department of State is working on a comprehensive diversity and inclusion strategy that will...