office of THE SECRETARY OF STATE (S)
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(Office of Origin: S/ES-EX)
1 FAM 021 THE SECRETARY OF STATE (S)
1 FAM 021.1 Responsibilities
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1 FAM 021.2 Organization
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1 FAM 021.3 Authorities
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a. The Secretary of State’s basic authority derives from those provisions of the U.S. Constitution that vest in the President the power to make treaties and appoint ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. A number of specific responsibilities, authorities, and requirements, too numerous to list, are vested in the Secretary by State Authorization Acts. Some of these are re-delegated within the Department. The Secretary's authorities are more properly found in 1 FAM 011 and 1 FAM 012.
b. Congress established the position of Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees (S/O) in Section 172 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 1988-1989 (Public Law 100-204).
c. S/FSG authority is derived from chapter 11 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and implementing regulations (22 CFR Chapter 9).
1 FAM 022 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE (S)
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1 FAM 022.1 Chief of Staff (S/COS)
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1 FAM 022.2 Executive Secretariat (S/ES)
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1 FAM 022.2-1 Executive Office (S/ES-EX)
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1 FAM 022.2-2 Executive Secretariat Staff (S/ES-S)
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1 FAM 022.2-3 Operations Center (S/ES-O)
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1 FAM 022.2-4 ExecTech Office (S/ES-ExecTech)
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1 FAM 022.3 Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees
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a. There is established in the Office of the Secretary of State the position of Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees. 22. U.S.C. 2664a(c). The position of Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees shall be a career reserved position within the Senior Executive Service. The Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees shall report directly to the Secretary of State and shall have the right to participate in all Management Council meetings to assure that the ability of the Civil Service employees to contribute to the achievement of the Department's mandated responsibilities and the career interests of those employees are adequately represented. Id.
b. The sole statutory purpose of the Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees is to advocate the career interests of career civil service employees to the Secretary of State. Career civil service employees are defined as “employees of the Federal Government except for members of the Foreign Service.” 22 U.S.C. 2664a(d).
c. The contribution of these Civil Service employees has been overlooked in the management of the Department. 22 U.S.C. 2664a(a)(2). Greater equality of promotion, training, and career enhancement opportunities should be accorded to the Civil Service employees of the Department. Id.
(1) Appointment of civil service employees as chiefs of mission and deputy chiefs of mission manifests the statutory purpose of achieving greater equality of promotion, training, and career enhancement opportunities for the Civil Service employees of the Department. See id;
(2) The statutorily required minimum starting place toward this end is that the Secretary shall furnish to the President, on an annual basis and to assist the President in selecting qualified candidates for appointments or assignments as chief of mission, the names of between 5 and 10 career civil servants who are qualified to serve as chiefs of mission, together with pertinent information about such individuals. See 22 U.S.C. 3944(b)(2);
(3) The Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees shall aid the Secretary in selecting such qualified candidates. To that end, the Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees shall participate in “D Committee,” “DCM Committee,” and all other selection boards and similar mechanisms that affect the appointment and assignment of Chiefs of Mission and Deputy Chiefs of Mission; and
(4) The number of civil service employees that are appointed to serve as chiefs of mission and deputy chiefs of mission (whether pursuant to 3 FAM 2294, 2295, or other means of appointment) is one metric by which the Secretary shall evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees in fulfilling its statutory purpose. But the Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees shall also recommend to the Secretary and shall implement other measurable efforts to achieve greater equality of promotion, training, and career enhancement opportunities for career civil service employees.
d. The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to assure that the burden of cuts in the budget for the Department is not imposed disproportionately or inequitably upon its Civil Service employees. 22 U.S.C. 2664a(b). To that end, the Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees shall participate in the Department’s budgetary and other appropriate processes and assist the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, the Undersecretary of Management, the Director of Budget and Planning, the Comptroller Global Financial Services, and other offices, officers, and functions within the Department as necessary and appropriate in order to assure that the burden of cuts in the budget for the Department is not imposed disproportionately or inequitably upon its Civil Service employees.
1 FAM 022.4 Office of Civil Rights (S/OCR)
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1 FAM 022.5 Open Forum (S/OF)
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1 FAM 022.6 U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy (S/GAC)
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1 FAM 022.7 Office of Hostage Affairs (S/SPEHA)
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1 FAM 022.8 Special Representative for Syria Engagement (S/SRS)
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1 FAM 023 POLICY PLANNING STAFF (S/P)
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1 FAM 024 Office of the CHIEF OF PROTOCOL (S/CPR)
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1 FAM 025 FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE BOARD (S/FSG)
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1 FAM 026 Office of Global Women's issues (S/GWI)
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1 FAM 027 THROUGH 029 UNASSIGNED
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