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The State of Foreign Service Family Member Employment 2014 – Which Bureau...

— Domani Spero   Last year, we posted about the  family member employment in the Foreign Service (see The State of Foreign Service Family Member Employment 2013 — Where Are the Jobs?).  We’ve extracted...

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US Embassy Nepal Now on Authorized Departure For Non-Emergency Staff and...

Posted: 2:30 am EDT   We’ve anticipated the evacuation of the family members of Embassy Kathmandu staff following the devastating Nepal earthquake of April 25.  On May 1st, the State Department issued...

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Burn Bag: Family Members Not Affected by #OPMHack? Here’s the Required GIF on...

Via Burn Bag: OPM, in the FAQ section of the CSID website, declares that our family members were “not affected by this breach. The only data potentially exposed as a result of this incident is your...

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Happy December! Amb. Adams Had Already Met With the Real Santa in Helsinki

Posted: 12:53 am EDT Via US Embassy Finland/FB: You’ll never guess who the Ambassador just met in Rovaniemi…the real Santa Claus! We can’t share what he wished for (or it won’t come true). But we can...

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OPM Data Breach Victims Get New Verification Site Through DOD, ID Protection...

Posted: 1:23 am EDT   OPM launches self-check website for hack victims: https://t.co/x7pwhPqe4k pic.twitter.com/AUrubfyDeh — The Hill (@thehill) December 2, 2015 Just in: @USOPM launches website for...

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U.S. Embassy Dhaka: Now on “Authorized Departure” For Family Members of USG...

Posted: 3:39 am ET On July 10, the State Department updated its Travel Warning for Bangladesh and announced the voluntary evacuation of family members of U.S. personnel posted to the U.S. Embassy in...

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U.S. Mission Turkey Now on “Authorized Departure” For Family Members in...

Posted: 2:08 am ET   The State Department updated its Travel Warning for Turkey on July 26 announcing the “authorized departure” of U.S. Mission Turkey family members from the US Embassy in Ankara and...

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US Embassy Kinshasa Now on ‘Ordered Departure’ For Family Members of USG...

Posted: 1:20 am ET   On September 29, the State Department issued a new Travel Warning for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It also announced the evacuation of family members of U.S. Government...

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U.S. Consulate General Istanbul: Post On Evacuation Status With a “No...

Posted: 1:49 am ET   In October 2016, the State Department updated its Travel Warning for Turkey to announce the mandatory departure of family members of employees assigned to the Consulate General in...

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@StateDept Lifts Evacuation Order For Istanbul, Travel Restrictions Remain...

Posted: 2:55 am ET   In October 2016, the State Department updated its Travel Warning for Turkey to announce the mandatory departure of family members of employees assigned to the Consulate General in...

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Tillerson Visits Turkey, Gets Complaints Here, and There

Posted: 12:48 am ET   Rex Tillerson showered praise on Turkey’s government. In response, he got an earful of complaints. https://t.co/2vkJaeLipE pic.twitter.com/EZaOQ6XLK9 — New York Times World...

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@StateDept Targets Umbrella Schools For Homeschooling Foreign Service Families

Posted: 4:18 am ET   An umbrella school is an alternative education school which serves to oversee the homeschooling of children to fulfill government educational requirements.  Umbrella or cover...

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US Embassy #Cuba Now on Ordered Departure Over “Attacks of an Unknown Nature”

Posted: 2:26 pm PT [twitter-follow screen_name=’Diplopundit’]   On September 29, 2017, the State Department placed the U.S. Embassy in Havana on “ordered departure” status, making the departure of...

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Unemployment Status of @StateDept Family Members Overseas (Fall 2017)

Posted: 4:25 am ET Follow @Diplopundit   On February 13, Foreign Policy did a piece on Tillerson’s hiring freeze of Eligible Family Members (EFM) at the State Department and how even as the freeze...

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US Embassy Venezuela Now on Mandatory Evacuation For Non-Emergency Staff and...

Posted: 8:37 pm PST In the afternoon of January 24, the US Embassy in Caracas issued a Security Alert announcing the mandatory departure of non-emergency USG personnel from Venezuela: On January 24,...

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U.S. Embassy Haiti Now on Mandatory Evacuation For Diplomatic Family Members...

Posted: 1:45 am, EST   On February 12, the State Department issued a Level 3: Reconsider Travel for Haiti and announced the mandatory evacuation of family members under the age of 18 of U.S. personnel...

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US Embassy Bolivia Now on ‘Ordered Departure’ For Family Members

  On November 12, 2019, the State Department issued a “Level 4 Do Not Travel” advisory for Bolivia due to civil unrest. It also announced the mandatory departure of USG family members and the...

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Authorized/Ordered Departures: U.S. Embassy Burkina Faso

The State Department has previously issued a Level 4 Do Not Travel Advisory for Bolivia on November 12, 2019 (US Embassy Bolivia Now on ‘Ordered Departure’ For Family Members). On November 26, the...

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USCG Almaty on Voluntary Departure For Non-Emergency USG Staff/Family Members

  On Friday, January 7, 2022, the State Department issued a Level 4 Do Not Travel Advisory for Kazakhstan due to COVID-19 and civil unrest. It also announced that the Department approved the voluntary...

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Snapshot: Geographic Distribution of @StateDept Family Member Employment...

Via State/FLO (FAMER)   Related posts: Snapshot: Family Members Employed at US Missions Overseas by Bureau 2018-2021 Jan 2022 Snapshot: Unemployment Status of @StateDept Family Members Overseas (Fall...

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