No More Passport Stamp Collecting
The End of an Era If you haven't heard, physical passport stamps in the EU's Schengen Area are being phased out by an automated Entr...Read More
Showing posts with label Foreign Service Career. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foreign Service Career. Show all posts
FSCE Promotion Statistics 2023
Information about Foreign Service Construction Engineer staffing trends, and promotion/retention statistics are hard to find. Perhaps purpos...Read More
Foreign Service Salary and Benefits
The Foreign Service seeks to recruit highly qualified staff, but (in my opinion) does a poor job of explaining the full salary and compensa...Read More
Washington DC, Second Tour and FSCE career info
Our fifth assignment with the Foreign Service took us back to Washington, DC for a second tour stateside. I've decided that I'll wri...Read More
End of Tour Summary - Nairobi, Kenya
We had originally planned our fourth tour in the Foreign Service to be in Nairobi, Kenya for three years. It got off to a rocky start during...Read More
End of Tour Summary - Nicosia, Cyprus
We enjoyed our three years in Cyprus. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to extend our assignment. And even though Cyprus is remarkabl...Read More
Assignment: Nairobi
Just after my TDY to DC, we were given what is known in Foreign Service parlance as a "handshake" for our next post: Nairobi, Ken...Read More
Two Years In: Nicosia, Cyprus
During our second year exploring the island of Cyprus, we roamed from the northeastern Karpas Peninsula to the western Akamas Peninsula and...Read More
One Year In: Nicosia, Cyprus
We've just completed the first year of our assignment to Cyprus, and the time has flown by. We've been busy, but still had time to ...Read More
The 2018 Federal Shutdown for FSCEs
The 2018 U.S. government shutdown began at midnight EST on January 20, 2018 because a bill failed to pass the Senate 50–49 on January 19, 20...Read More
Start of Tour: Nicosia, Cyprus
Cyprus is our third tour with the State Department, and while we figured out most of the obstacles ahead of time, there were still a few mor...Read More
FSCE Certifications
Foreign Service Construction Engineers are responsible for managing multi-million dollar projects to provide safe, secure and functional fac...Read More
Assignment: Nicosia
Over the winter holidays, we were given what is known in Foreign Service parlance as a "handshake" for our next post: Nicosia, Cy...Read More
Calling all Engineers!
The Foreign Service Construction Engineer (FSCE) Vacancy Announcement will open on November 17, 2015 and will close on December 09, 2015...Read More
Are Foreign Service Specialists Diplomats?
May 1, 2015 is Foreign Affairs Day, so this post will address one of the most frequently asked questions by applicants to the US Foreign Ser...Read More
DiploPundit vs. OBO
For those of you that haven't heard of DiploPundit , it's one of the most popular blogs that " monitors the goings on at ‘Fogg...Read More
Foreign Service Construction Engineer FAQs
The US Department of State has released another Foreign Service Construction Engineer vacancy announcement , and it will stay open for appli...Read More
Making Tenure as a Foreign Service Specialist
Where were you when you made tenure in the US Foreign Service? I was in Saudi Arabia, just a few hours' drive north of the Yemen border...Read More
How to Improve Your Foreign Service Blog
Some time near the end of 2014, I came across an article on the Government Executive website titled " 8 Tips for Managing a Federal Blo...Read More
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