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Rubio-run State Department dumps Biden-era DEI hiring criteria, replaces with 'fidelity'
Foreign service officers face new hiring criteria as State Department removes DEI requirements and adds "fidelity" as a core ...
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State Department lays off 1,350 employees
The department says the cuts, part of a reorganization that will see 3,000 total personnel reductions, will slash redundancy ...
State Department cuts broader than anticipated, include diplomatic security
The State Department is sending formal layoff notices to 1,107 civil service employees and 246 foreign service officers with ...
State Department tells staff planned layoffs to begin soon
No State Department official publicly said when the first notices for the planned layoffs would be sent, but the widespread ...
State Department to soon begin mass layoffs
The department notified employees Thursday that it was about to begin layoffs as part of a consolidation plan that department ...
Audit finds state agency fell short on social equity initiatives outlined in Gov. JB Pritzker’s landmark climate bill
A state agency fell short in implementing elements of Gov. JB Pritzker’s landmark climate bill, an Illinois auditor general’s ...
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State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan
The State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan unveiled by ...
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Amid DOJ investigation, MN DHS says controversial hiring policy has been in place ‘since 2002’
The Civil Rights Division’s Employment Litigation Section will investigate whether Minnesota is engaged in a pattern or ...
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State considering hiring private company to provide health care in Iowa prison system
Instead of pursuing privatization, Copley called for the state leaders to use funds from the state’s budget reserves toward ...
State Department Tells Workers Layoffs Will Begin Soon
Mass layoffs: The State Department formally notified employees on Thursday that layoffs would begin “soon,” as part of a major reorganization plan unveiled in May by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.