Certificates of competence for the nominees to be heads of mission
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Pursuant to Section 304 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, Certificates of Eligibility must be submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for presidential nominees to be Chief of Mission who have the authority of [a] nominee to perform the duties of the post in which he or she is to serve. Government Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Certificates of Authority are posted on this website within seven days of transmission to the Senate.
Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR)
See the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 .
Federal Attitude Surveys
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administered the Department’s 2024 Federal Employee Attitudes Survey from May 13 to June 28, inviting approximately 27,000 Department employees to participate. Nearly 9,000 or 33 percent of invited employees completed the survey. The 33 percent response rate was two points lower than our 2023 response rate of 35 percent. Click on the link below for the Department’s 2024 survey results.
2023 FEVS Results (Excel) [95 KB] | 2022 FEVS Results (Excel) [110 KB] and Statement on 2022 results [169 KB]| 2021 FEVS Results (Excel) [138 KB] | 2020 FEVS Results (Excel) [273 KB] | 2018 FEVS Results [558 KB] | 2017 FEVS Results [243 KB] | Archive
The Department is required by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to post its results of the Federal Employee Attitude Survey. As the Department is not the author or owner of these reports, please direct any questions about their accessibility to OPM by emailing [email protected].
Key Officer List
Find the latest key officer list.
List of US Ambassadors
To view the most recent list of U.S. ambassadors serving at U.S. diplomatic missions overseas and at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, find the year below, then select the most recently posted list. For historical information, the Office of the Historian provides more comprehensive chronological and alphabetical listings of the Department’s Chief Officers and Heads of Mission.
Archive 2021–2025 | Archive 2017–2020 | Archive 2009–2017
2025:
January 2025 [171 KB] | April [174 KB] | May [204 KB] | June [332 KB] | July [220 KB] | August [198 KB] | September [779 KB] | October [198 KB] | November [1 MB] | December [201 KB]
2026:
January 2026 [220 KB] | March 2026 [232 KB] | April 2026 [216 KB] | May 2026 [257 KB]
Salary schedules
2026 FS Salary schedules [88 KB]2026 CS DETO Salary Schedule [6 KB]
Retirement
In recognition of the contributions to our country and to the Department, RNet is an important interactive retirement network for employees, in the website tradition of an alumni network. The philosophy behind RNet: the lifelong relationship between annuitants and the Department. Like any good university alumni system, the Department and our nation’s foreign policy can only benefit from a strong and engaged retiree network. Visit RNet»
State magazine
2025May 2025 PDF 199.7 MB April 2025 PDF 151.5 MB March 2025 PDF 165.2 MB February 2025 PDF 95.5 MB
ArchivesFebruary 2021 – January 2025February 2017 – January 2021January 1998 – January 2017
Labor force statistics
To meet the needs of the Foreign Service, the Foreign Service Act of 1980 calls for “a regular, predictable flow of talent upward through the ranks and into the Senior Foreign Service.” With a steady progression of Foreign Service employees through the rank-in-person system, promotion rates will vary based on annual fluctuations in the number of promotion-eligible employees. For Foreign Service promotion planning, the Bureau of Personnel and Training apply an actuarial workforce model that analyzes current and projected needs, intake, career progression and attrition. The Senior Bureau official directs the workforce planning process and authorizes final Foreign Service Officer (FSO) general and Foreign Service (US) specialist promotion opportunities to guide promotion board decision making.
Foreign Service promotion statistics are regularly published annually following PERT/OTA’s validation of promotion board results. The report covers promotion statistics for Generalists and Specialists at all grades, broken down by cone/skill.
02/04/26 2025 FS Promotion Statistics by Grade [214 KB]
15/01/20 Department of State facts on our most valuable asset – our people (trends since 2007) [504 KB]
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