U.S. government-financed broadcasts to Cuba and other nations can continue despite the government shutdown because they “necessary for conducting foreign relations essential to the national security,” according to the U.S. Agency for Global Media. An agency memo states: The USAGM Office of General Counsel (OGC) has issued a memorandum establishing that there is a sufficient … Read more
The State Department has nearly 200 intelligence analysts who provide analysis and briefings for the Secretary of State and other federal officials, including President Trump. The analysts work in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, or INR, which was founded in 1947. AN INR report states: INR recruits primarily from outside the Department new hires … Read more
The U.S. Agency for International Development, the State Department and other federal agencies have drafted guides telling employees what they can and can’t do during a government shutdown. One thing many of them can do is apply for unemployment benefits. So taxpayers end up paying at least some of their salaries during the shutdown. Here … Read more
Cuba is one of 59 nations without an American ambassador. Not even Slovenia, Melania Trump’s homeland, has a U.S. ambassador, a State Department report shows. The Trump administration has also failed to fill an additional eight ambassadorial posts, including: USASEAN (U.S. Mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta) U.S. Mission to the … Read more
The number of civil rights complaints at the State Department rose sharply to 216 in 2018, up from 170 the previous year. Complaints included accusations of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age and other factors, an Equal Employment Opportunity report shows. The State Department’s Office of Civil Rights touts the importance of diversity. … Read more