Resources – Bureau of Global Talent Management

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Certificates of Competency for the Nominees to be Chiefs of Mission

2022 | 2021 | Archive 2017 – 2020 | Archive 2009 – 2017

In accordance with Section 304 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, Certificates of Competency must be presented to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for presidential nominees to be Chief of Mission that demonstrate the competence of [a] nominee to perform the duties of the position in which he or she is to serve. Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Certificates of Competency are posted to this site within seven days of transmittal to the Senate.

Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR)

Visit csm.state.gov to learn more.

Federal Viewpoint Surveys

The Department’s 2021 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) was conducted between November 2 and December 10, 2021. The response rate was 36 percent, 14 percentage lower than the 2020 response rate of 50 percent. Click on the link below for the survey results.

2020 FEVS Results [273 KB] (Excel) | 2018 [558 KB] | 2017 [243 KB] | Archive

Key Officers List

Find the latest Key Officers List.

List of U.S. 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 list most recently posted. For historical information, the Office of the Historian provides more comprehensive chronological and alphabetical listings of the of the Department’s Principal Officers and Chiefs of Missions.

Archive 2017 – 2020 | Archive 2009 – 2017

FS Salary Schedules

2022 FS Salary Schedules [166 KB]

Retirement

To recognize the contributions to our country and to the Department, RNet is a major interactive retirement network for employees, in the website tradition of an alumni network. The philosophy behind RNet: the lifetime 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

Explore our new website: statemag.state.gov.

Workforce Statistics

The Bureau of Global Talent Management is responsible for the greatest asset – our people.

Our mission is to recruit, retain, sustain, and empower a diverse, talented workforce to carry out the Department’s foreign policy goals and priorities. The Department has three distinct personnel systems: Civil Service (CS), Foreign Service (FS), and Locally Employed Staff (LE Staff).

12/31/21  Foreign Service Promotion Statistics
12/31/21 Foreign Service Promotion Statistics by Diversity
12/31/21 Foreign Service Promotion Statistics by Cone and Diversity
06/30/22 Global Talent Management Fact Sheet As Of 06/30/2022 [134 KB]
06/30/22 Department Of State – Diversity Statistics Full Time Permanent Workforce [350 KB]
01/15/20  Department of State Facts About Our Most Valuable Asset – Our People (Trends Since 2007) [504 KB]
02/06/20 Five Year Workforce Plan FY19 – FY23 [1 MB]
01/23/15  Public Law 113 499 Initiatives To Increase Workforce Diversity In The Department Of State [576 KB]