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Certificates of Competency for the Nominees to be Chiefs of Mission

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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)

See theFederal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 .

Federal Viewpoint Surveys

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administered the Department’s 2024 Federal Employee Viewpoint 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 response rate of 33 percent was two points lower than our 2023 response rate of 35 percent. Click the link below for the Department’s 2024 survey results.

2024 FEVS Results (Excel) [84 KB]

The Department is required by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to post its Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results. Since the Department is not the author or owner of these reports, please direct any questions regarding their accessibility to OPM by emailing EVS@OPM.GOV.

Key Officers List

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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’sPrincipal Officers and Chiefs of Missions.

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January 2026 [220 KB]

Salary Schedules

2026 FS Salary Schedules [88 KB]
2026 CS DETO Salary Schedule [6 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

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 yearly fluctuations in the number of promotion-eligible employees. For Foreign Service promotion planning, the Bureau of Personnel and Training (PERT) applies a computational workforce model that analyzes current and projected needs, intake, career progression and attrition. The Senior Bureau Official directs the workforce planning process and authorizes the final Foreign Service officer (FSO) generalist and Foreign Service (FS) specialist promotion opportunities to guide promotion board decision-making.

Foreign Service promotion statistics are routinely published yearly following PERT/OTA’s validation of promotion board results. The report covers promotion statistics for Generalists and Specialists at all grades subdivided by cone/skill.

02/04/262025 FS Promotion Statistics by Grade [214 KB]

01/15/20 Department of State Facts About Our Most Valuable Asset – Our People (Trends Since 2007) [504 KB]

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