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State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff as part of reorganization
The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...
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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 ...
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 ...
State Department cuts broader than anticipated, include diplomatic security
State Department to release letter to all employees Thursday evening informing them that it's officially moving to implement ...
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
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.
State Department tells staffers that layoff notices are coming soon
The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon.
US State Department tells staff planned layoffs to begin soon
The State Department will start sending notices to members of its workforce impacted by the reorganization soon, the agency's ...
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.