{"id":12205,"date":"2021-02-04T21:11:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T21:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/04\/biden-promises-trust-for-vital-state-department-workforce\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:36:10","slug":"biden-promises-trust-for-vital-state-department-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2021\/02\/04\/biden-promises-trust-for-vital-state-department-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden promises trust for \u2018vital\u2019 State Department workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden traveled to the State Department headquarters Feb. 4 to deliver a message of support and unity to an agency that has seen a string of top level vacancies, a hiring freeze and reports of politically motivated attacks on career employees under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re the face of America abroad.  And in our administration, you\u2019re going to be trusted, and you\u2019re going to be empowered \u2014 trusted and empowered to do your job,\u201d Biden said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I ask each of you to abide by a few core tenets: Integrity in all you do. Let me say it again: Integrity in all you do. Transparency and accountability to rebuild trust in America and around the world. Working in the service of American people, not self-interest.  And promoting diversity, equity, inclusion \u2014 accessibility across the board \u2014 because our diplomats, at all levels, should reflect the full diversity of this great country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a report produced by democratic staff for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in July 2020, more than a third of assistant or under secretary posts at the agency were vacant at the time or filled by acting officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/hr\/2019\/08\/09\/state-department-lost-critical-staff-in-the-recent-hiring-freeze\/\" target=_blank>hiring freeze<\/a> that begun at the start of the Trump presidency and lasted nearly a year and a half resulted in a workforce reduction of over 1,200 employees during that time \u2013 a significant blow for an agency that employs only around 12,000 feds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Career staff also chose to leave in larger-than-average numbers under a working environment that the agency\u2019s inspector general found in August 2019 had politically targeted career staff for perceived disloyalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/hr\/2020\/02\/25\/state-department-struggles-with-diversity-especially-in-leadership\/\" target=_blank>struggled to maintain diversity in its upper ranks<\/a>, with white employees making up a larger percentage of leadership positions than they do in entry- and mid-level roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden, who has worked closely with the State Department during his time on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as vice president, emphasized the importance of the State Department workforce as the \u201cface\u201d of the U.S. abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI also know that you\u2019ve never let us down. 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