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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
By Sarath K. Ganji
On a brisk winter morning in New York City, W. Park Armstrong was dispatched to the U.N. Secretariat Building to deliver...
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...
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,...
Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance
Above: AVC Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas G. DiNanno inspects a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch facility at Minot Air Force Base, N.D, June...
Office of Global Partnerships
By Megan Soller
The Office of Global Partnerships (GP), a small office in the Department of State that has existed for more than a decade,...