Department of State Headquarters careers
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Thomas Jefferson ran the State Department with a chief clerk, three other clerks, a translator, and a messenger, covering two diplomatic posts, in London and Paris, and ten consular posts. The department has at various points also published the census, controlled copyright, and managed the Mint. Its work now is fighting terrorism, protecting American interests abroad, and carrying out foreign policy, with the Foreign Affairs Manual and Handbook governing how any of it gets done.
Two personnel systems operate side by side here, the Foreign Service and the Civil Service, each with its own rules for entry, assignment, and advancement. The Foreign Affairs Manual and Handbook is the codified policy both work from, which makes it the reference behind most personnel questions.