Sports Diplomacy Division
Opening photo: Olympic Gold Medalist sprinter DeeDee Trotter in Japan, February 2020. Photo courtesy of Embassy Tokyo
By Jay Aprea, Matthew Ferner, Kalisha Holmes, Ashleigh Huffman,...
Office of Fire Protection
By Edward Babczak
In 1980, the Department of State experienced a large fire at Embassy Cairo that destroyed a warehouse. That same year, Embassy Moscow...
Innovation Sandbox
By Stefano Rivolta
At the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), a nondescript office set among the campus’s numerous classrooms serves as an incubator for new ideas....
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...
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)...
Export Control and Border Security
Visit, board, search, and seize training for Yemen Coast Guard to interdict illicit weapons trafficking. Photo courtesy of the United Nations Office of Drugs...
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
By Anna Urman
Small businesses are the engine of America’s economy and an unparalleled source of innovation, creating nearly two million jobs annually. Eight million...
Office of Refugee Admissions
Ambassador Julieta Valls Noyes (far left), then-nominee to be assistant secretary for population, refugees and migration, speaks with Department of State volunteers supporting Operation...
Regional Procurement Support Office
By Jamie M. Fleischhacker
The Regional Procurement Support Office (RPSO) is a forward-based activity of the Bureau of Administration’s Office of the Procurement Executive (OPE)...
The Overseas Criminal Investigations Division
Opening photo: A Diplomatic Security Service special agent (fourth from right) along with U.S. and Armenian law enforcement officials return a U.S. fugitive wanted...