Executive Women at State

Was one of your New Year’s resolutions to be more confident? If so, check out these easy tips in one of Forbes’ recent articles for exercising your “confidence muscles.” Go make 2019 your most confident year professionally and personally!

Confidence: One More Muscle To Exercise This Year If you are lacking confidence to progress in your career, the good news is that it is not innate. Confidence can be taught and learned and it is possible to build up your confidence muscle like any other. Set yourself a New Year’s Resolution with a difference: learn to hone your confidence muscle.

What are you doing on your lunch break tomorrow? Come join us for our December book club! We will be discussing “The Gift of Fear.” Hope to see you there!

Thank you to the dedicated followers of our page for sticking with us during our unanticipated social media absence! We are back and better than ever with a group of enthusiastic employees throughout the Department who are dedicated to our mission. Please stay tuned for advertisements regarding our upcoming events in the near future!

NBC News, TODAY, and msnbcAndrea Mitchell, interviewed IMF President Christine Lagarde who is married with children. Lagarde said when asked, no you can't have it all...at the same time. She said be patient and accept failures. She said when facing business male condescension, have a sense of humor.Mitchell called her the most powerful woman in the world.

From the Work Life Division, Office of Employee Relations (DOS) on the Affordable Care Act.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued guidance to clarify the Medical Loss Ratio requirement under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) and its impact on selected enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. If a Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) plan does not meet the minimum MLR, any rebates generated will go back to the Office of Personnel Management to help lower future health insurance premiums for Federal employees. No rebates will be issued to individual employees. For more detailed information, please visit the Office of Personnel Management at www.opm.gov/retire/pubs/bals/bal12.asp. Refer to Benefits Administration Letter (BAL) 12-205 for information and FAQ’s. For additional information, employees should contact their respective FEHB plan for further guidance about the Medical Loss Rebate.

2012 Benefits Administration Letters U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Please note: To capture the memories of the many people whose lives were touched by Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, his family set up the following webpage: http://www.rememberingchrisstevens.com.

Remembering Chris Stevens This site has been set up by the family of Chris Stevens to capture the memories of people touched...

Salute to Ms. Shane Morris, 2012 Finalist—Call to Service Medal
This award recognizes a federal employee whose professional achievements reflect the important contributions that a new generation brings to public service. This medal is accompanied by a $5,000 award.

Position: Supervisor, Diplomatic Courier Service
Agency: Department of State
Location: Germany
Achievement: Overcame numerous obstacles during the Arab Spring uprisings to ensure that U.S. diplomats in the Middle East could securely dispatch and receive classified documents and equipment, and for the first time, secured permission for U.S. couriers to access the tarmac in the United Arab Emirates.
http://servicetoamericamedals.org/SAM/finalists/c2sm/morris.shtml

2012 Finalist—Call to Service Medal—Shane Morris This award will recognize a federal employee whose professional achievements reflect the important contributions that a new generation brings to public service. This medal is accompanied by a $5,000 award.

At the Transfer of Remains Ceremony just ending at Andrews today, our colleagues who died when under attack in Benghazi - Sean, Tyrone, Glen and Chris were solemnly commended and honored when the President said we will never retreat from the world. Secretary Clinton charged us to wipe our tears, stiffen our spines and face the future together.

AFSA has set up condolence boards to honor those slain in Benghazi:
http://snip.state.gov/3ab

http://snip.state.gov/3ab

We share the sentiments about our colleagues’ deaths in Benghazi as contained in the AFSA statement: http://snip.state.gov/3a1 and the Secretary’s statement: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/09/197630.htm

http://snip.state.gov/3a1

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Yes, but she seems to be superhuman....

5 Surprising Facts About Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer confirmed on Monday that she and husband Zachary Bogue are expecting a son in October. Her pregnancy makes all the more notable Mayer’s landmark appointment to the helm of a tech titan - only 19 Fortune 500 companies are headed by women, and not long ago a pregn...