Topic: American Foreign Service Association

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

The article discusses various reports published within the September 2008 issue of " Foreign Service Journal," including one on the results of the online survey about the reader's behavior in reading the journal and another on the need to increase the information ...

Seeking AFSA Post Reps

The article presents the announcement by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) to hire representatives for their post. It contends that to become a representative is to volunteer by serving the community and assists by keeping the headquarters connect to the 70 ...

From the Legislative Affairs Desk

The article offers news briefs related to American Foreign Service Association (AFSA). AFSA has continued to weigh in with key decisionmakers on the issue of pay modernization. The president's emergency supplemental spending bill for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was ...

2008 AFSA Dues Rates

The article offers information on the 2008 American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) dues rates in the U.S. It is stated that AFSA membership dues have been increased to 2.3 percent for all categories. It is cited the increase reflects the ...

20072008 Financial Aid Scholars

The article lists the recipients of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) financial aid scholarship for the year 2007-2008 which includes Morgan Anderson, Paul Armstrong and David Bobb. AFSA is awarding $138,400 in undergraduatecollege need-based scholarships for the 2007-2008 school year ...

AFSA Opinion Poll Results Highlight Disturbing Trends

The article provides information on the American Foreign Service Association's (AFSA's) third annual electronic opinion pool. Excerpt from Article: AFSA's third annual electronic opinion poll attracted a record number of respon-dents - nearly 4,300 active-duty State Foreign Service members ...

PRESIDENTS VIEWS Bench Strength

The article shares the author's insights concerning the issues on difficulty of American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) to fill various positions to its mission in Iraq. He stresses that with 11,500 members, State Department's Foreign Service is less than ...

Pardon Our Progress

The article reports on the renovation of American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) headquarters building. Accordingly, it points out that telephone and fax numbers and its electronic address will remain the same for all AFSA staff. AFSA's third annual electronic opinion poll ...

Last Call for Nominations Honor the Dissenters

The article reports on the nomination for deserving colleague on awards for constructive dissent in the U.S. Accordingly, nominations for the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Exemplary Performance Awards are also being accepted. Nearly half of the respon- dents listed "freedom ...

Iraq Prime Candidate Exercise Canceled

The article reports on the cancellation to fill the remaining open State Foreign Service Iraq positions for summer 2008. Moreover, it stresses that State Department has called off the directed assignments exercise because sufficient volunteers have come forward for the 48 open ...