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American Foreign Service Association calls on State Dept to rehire fired feds
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The State Department is opening up applications for its Lateral Entry Pilot Program, which is seeking to hire mid-career employees for the Foreign Service. The American Foreign Service Association says State has more than 2 thousand qualified people waiting to be hired. AFSA says that is how many employees who worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and Foreign Service that State fired in 2025. The association says State should offer these officers a path back at grades that recognize their experience and prior service, without unnecessary entrance exams. AFSA also says Congress can help by passing the PATH t...
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This is a Federal News Network Podcast. Coming up today on the Federal Newscast, the American Foreign Service Association calls on the State Department to rehire those fired Feds. The Pentagon gives over 90,000 performance bonuses to civilian personnel.
And the Space Force activates its Special Operations Component Command. These stories and more on today's federal newscast. Welcome to the Federal Newscast. I'm Michelle Sandeford.
The State Department is opening up applications for its Lateral Entry Pilot Program, which is seeking to hire mid-career employees for the Foreign Service. The American Foreign Service Association says state has more than 2,000 qualified people waiting to be hired.
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