Embassy Stockholm celebrates International Women’s Day
By Jacqueline Jin
International Women’s Day, commemorated every year on March 8, is a time to reflect on the challenges women have overcome and on the obstacles and inequality they still face today. This year’s...
INL Pakistan supports female police officer recruitment efforts
By Robert Pickett
One of the pillars of Mission Pakistan’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) section is to “enhance opportunities for women to access justice and to actively participate in the administration of justice.”...
SPEC visits first Net-Zero Energy diplomatic facility
By Evan Lewis and Stephanie Christel
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry joined Ambassador John Hennessey-Niland and the Embassy Koror team in Palau to visit a new photovoltaic installation that will make the embassy...
Department’s data maturity reaches key milestone
By Matthew Graviss
The Department of State’s first-ever Enterprise Data Strategy (EDS) was a paradigm shift toward a data-driven culture, and the strategy implementation phase began in October 2021. Since then, multifaceted efforts to leverage...
Greening Diplomacy Initiative Award winners announced
By Peter Brukx
At an event celebrating Earth Day, April 21, Under Secretary of State for Management and the Department of State’s Chief Sustainability Officer John Bass announced the winners of the Department’s 2022 Greening...
Mission Poland welcomes Americans fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By Michele Giovia
In the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, Mission Poland’s American Citizen Welcome Center in the southeastern border town of Przemyśl received its first visitors—a family who had fled Ukraine as news...
U.S. and Somalia partner to save lives
By Oznur Alturk
Embassy Mogadishu’s interagency participation in Somalia’s National Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM) Coordination Meeting reiterated the U.S. government’s strong commitment to increasing security and assisting the Somali government with peacebuilding efforts to...
Embassy Kampala study published in scientific journal
By Marek Ma, Julie R. Harris, and Amy L. Boore
Results from an Embassy Kampala investigation into COVID-19 breakthrough infections at post were published in the June volume of the scientific journal, “Emerging Infectious Diseases.”...
OBO breaks ground on new U.S. embassy building in Doha
By Evan Lewis
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian McKeon, joined Chargé d’Affaires Ian McCary, May 9, for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction on the new U.S. embassy in...
Mexico City’s Charities and Activities Committee makes a difference
By Michael Popil
Volunteers of the Charities and Activities Committee (CAC) at Embassy Mexico City know that diplomacy defies time, boundaries, and titles. This volunteer group of U.S. direct hires, locally employed (LE) staff, and...