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	diplomatic service. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Although the consular service and the diplomatic service were once separate in the United States, the Rogers Act of 1924 combined the two branches into the Foreign Service.
		This tradition of diplomatic immunity was violated by Iran during the Iran hostage crisis.
		In the event that a nation refuses to admit a diplomat from a foreign nation or demands his or her recall, the diplomat’s government must either comply or break off relations.
	www.bartleby.com /65/di/diplomat.html (754 words)

	Diplomatic service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A diplomatic service is the body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries.
		The United States diplomatic service is sometimes referred to as the Foreign Service, although technically this is not correct.
		The Foreign Service is a personnel system within the Civil Service, created by the U.S. Congress for government positions that require service in foreign locations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_service (129 words)

	U.S. Department of State Careers: Foreign Service Specialist: Diplomatic Courier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Diplomatic Couriers are entrusted with ensuring the inviolability of diplomatic pouches and their safe hand secure delivery throughout the world.
		Diplomatic Couriers may be required to travel to locations of civil unrest where conditions are potentially hostile and performance of duties is conducted under hazardous circumstances.
		Diplomatic Couriers are also required to assist in the physical movement of diplomatic pouches, some of which may weigh hundreds of pounds.
	www.careers.state.gov /print/specialist/opportunities/dipcour.html (3137 words)

	Foreign Affairs - Diplomacy Without Diplomats? - George F. Kennan
		The diplomatic service was designed primarily to provide staff support for senior envoys, ambassadors, and ministers charged with the U.S. government's regular communication with its foreign counterparts.
		The two services, diplomatic and consular, were poorly related to each other, and there was no proper uniformity in Washington's treatment of their personnel.
		The members of the new service, in other words, were to be held to many of the same standards of honor, discipline, and dedication as commissioned officers of the armed forces, and their nonpolitical status, it was assumed, would be entitled to equal respect on the part of government and public.
	www.foreignaffairs.org /19970901faessay3805/george-f-kennan/diplomacy-without-diplomats.html (1239 words)

	Special Agents
		Diplomatic Security special agents are federal law enforcement officers who serve worldwide.
		Diplomatic Security special agents are Foreign Service security officers assigned domestically and overseas to ensure that American diplomacy is conducted in a safe and secure environment.
		With proven aptitudes and on-the-job performance, a Diplomatic Security special agent may advance to the position of regional security officer, responsible for managing security operations for an embassy or for several diplomatic posts within an assigned area.
	www.state.gov /m/ds/career/c8853.htm (824 words)

	U.S. Department of State Careers: Foreign Service Specialist: Diplomatic Security Special Agent
		At Foreign Service posts, Diplomatic Security Special Agents are referred to as Regional Security Officers and are responsible for the administration of a broad range of security services to protect Foreign Service personnel, facilities, operations, and information against hostile intelligence, criminal, and terrorist activities.
		Diplomatic Security Regional Security Officers are assigned responsibilities on a regional basis and often serve Foreign Service posts in several countries, which may require frequent travel.
		Additionally, the Office of Medical Services must deem that a candidate is medically able to meet the numerous and often arduous physical demands that are inherent in and are a necessary part of the essential functions of the job.
	www.careers.state.gov /specialist/opportunities/secagent.html (4402 words)

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		Reorganization of Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office -STATUTE- (a) Reorganization Effective 60 days after December 27, 2000, the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (DTS-PO) established pursuant to title V of Public Law 102-140 shall be reorganized in accordance with this chapter.
		(2) Continuation of service An employee of a Federal department or agency who was performing services on behalf of DTS-PO prior to the effective date of the reorganization under this chapter shall continue to be detailed to DTS-PO after that date, upon request.
		Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Oversight Board -STATUTE- (a) (!1) Oversight Board established (1) In general There is hereby established the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Oversight Board (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "Board") as an instrumentality of the United States with the powers and authorities herein provided.
	uscode.house.gov /download/pls/22C80.txt (1771 words)

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		Nonetheless, under the civil service laws of the federal government and the District of Columbia government, employees are entitled to both paid and unpaid sick leave and paid vacation leave from two to four weeks, depending on seniority.
		The records and premises of a foreign mission are inviolable under the Vienna Convention, and the diplomatic and mission support staff with the corresponding visas cannot be compelled to comply with subpoenas for to provide evidence against the mission or for the plaintiff.
		The term "diplomatic staff" refers to those mission employees who are members of a government's civil foreign service or of its civil service and who are in the United States with a diplomatic or mission support staff visa.
	www.oas.org /legal/english/docs/doct1.htm (6972 words)

	diplomatic service -> Recent Developments on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The establishment of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Vatican, 1969.
		Legal Committee urges state enforcement of laws governing acts of violence against diplomatic, consular missions; Assembly asked to ensure strict observance of applicable rules; Debate continues on measures to...
		A reluctant gesture: the establishment of Canadian-Albanian diplomatic relations.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/diplomat_RecentDevelopments.asp (773 words)

	US Department of State Bulletin: Legislative proposals regarding diplomatic security - ambassador Ronald I. Spiers' ...
		On Monday, November 4, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the Diplomatic Security Service and the Diplomatic Security Service were officially established, bringing to fruition the pricipal organizational recommendations of the Secretary's Advisory Panel on Overseas Security, chaired by Admiral B.R. Inman.
		One of the principal goals of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security is to raise the level of professionalism among the Department's security personnel.
		We have slightly modified the panel's specific recommendation that the diplomatic initiatives of the Office for Counter-Terrorism be transferred to the Office of the Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1079/is_v86/ai_4076199 (1263 words)

	The United States Foreign Service
		Established in 1924 with the merging of the US Consular Service and the US Diplomatic Service, the United States Foreign Service is America’s first line of defense.
		Later, the diplomatic service evolved into a corps of distinguished professionals who managed America’s bilateral relations with the independent countries of the world.
		Our Foreign Service works ceaselessly to promote free market economies and prevent further nuclear proliferation; helps others to develop democratic institutions and enlists their support in the fight against narcotics and terrorism; insures international cooperation on matters such as air traffic control, food and drug inspection, and the uses of cyberspace.
	www.afsa.org /fspage.cfm (703 words)

	:: Embassy of Indonesia Washington, D.C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Diplomatic Visas are given to foreign citizens bearing diplomatic passports, for the conduct of diplomatic assignments in Indonesia.
		US citizen: based on reciprocity, the diplomatic visa is free of charge, provided that the applicant is eligible and completed all the requirements.
		Service Visas are given to foreign citizens bearing service passports/Laissez Passer (UN Passport) on assignment to Indonesia for non-diplomatic purposes.
	www.embassyofindonesia.org /consular/aplikan.htm (2532 words)

	A Corps is Born, by Robert Moskin
		A diplomat joked that the definition of a man in a "sweat" was a consul at an embassy dinner.
		In London, he said, serious young diplomatic officers often came and asked his advice about staying in the service, and he had to tell them that, in justice to themselves, they should get out because it was a blind alley.
		He contended that the designation of Foreign Service officer became meaningless "the moment the foreign-service officer leaves the shores of the United States and comes in contact with the diplomatic or consular officers of other countries." The caste distinctions between the diplomatic and consular services are created by the customs of other countries, he warned.
	www.afsa.org /fsj/May99/Corps.cfm (3554 words)

	HI_DOS_DiplomaticSecurityService
		The US Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) were established on November 4, 1985 to combat the rising trend in terrorism of targeting American facilities overseas.
		The DSS is responsible for security within and around US Diplomatic Missions, Embassies and Consulates, the DSS also provides intelligence and assistance as necessary to agencies whose mission intersects and compliments that of the DSS.
		The Diplomatic Security Training Center (DSTC) has doubled the amount of time spent training RSOs on explosive ordnance disposal from one to two days, and plans to expand this training to five days for subsequent classes.
	www.msg-history.com /historicalitems/HI_DOS_DiplomaticSecurityService.html (1607 words)

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		Coverage of Special Agents in the Diplomatic Security Service Section 407 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in section 101(b) in Division A of Pub.
		Suspension of Availability Pay for Special Agents Special agents in the Diplomatic Security Service of the Department of State who are in the Foreign Service are not covered by the adverse action procedures in 5 U.S.C. 7512 and 5 CFR part 752.
		For special agents in the Foreign Service, an involuntary suspension of availability pay resulting from a denial or cancellation of certification under paragraph (d) of this section will be administered under procedures established by regulations of the Department of State.
	www.opm.gov /FEDREGIS/1999/64r4517.txt (2403 words)

	Encyclopedia: Diplomatic Service
		A country, a land, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one anothers countrymen.
		Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments, which ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host countrys laws (although they can be expelled).
		The diplomatic corps is the collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Diplomatic-Service (277 words)

	Diplomatic and Service Visas
		diplomatic members of foreign missions and consular posts in Ukraine and to members of their families;
		service staff of foreign diplomatic missions and consular posts in Ukraine and to members of their families;
		The information on this web-site is provided as a public service, but we cannot guarantee that the information is current or accurate.
	www.ukrchicago.com /consular/english/visas/diplomat.html (225 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Diplomatic Service Economists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Diplomatic Service is looking for economics graduates who want to answer these questions and more.
		We are looking for talented economists who are original thinkers and can readily apply their core economic skills and specialist knowledge to policy issues in international macroeconomics, trade, financial markets and development; supplying the economic policy element of foreign policy issues.
		Our recruitment process is a combination of the Diplomatic Service and Government Economics Service entry schemes, reflecting our need for people with both economics and wider policy skills.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1050510708327 (703 words)

	Indian Foreign Service: A Backgrounder
		The foreign department Secretary was entrusted with the “conduct of all correspondence belonging to the external and internal diplomatic relations of the government”.
		The idea of establishing a separate diplomatic service to handle the external activities of the Government of India originated from a note dated September 30, 1944, recorded by Lt-Gen T. Hutton, Secretary, Planning and Development Department of the Government.
		The aim of this course is to inculcate in the diplomatic recruit a strong sense of history, knowledge of diplomacy and international relations and a grasp of general economic and political principles.
	meaindia.nic.in /onmouse/ifs1.htm (1023 words)

	United States Foreign Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Appointments in the Foreign Service are Excepted Service appointments, and therefore exempt from certain requirements of the Competitive Service.
		Foreign Service members represent America; analyze and report on political, economic, and social trends in the host country; and respond to the needs of American citizens abroad.
		They are part of the Diplomatic Service and serve in Washington, DC and at nearly 265 U.S. embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions around the world.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/United-States-Foreign-Service.htm (316 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| Birthday Honours 2001 \| Diplomatic Service and Overseas
		For services to the eradication of leprosy in India and Nepal.
		For services to the welfare of ex-servicemen in Hong Kong.
		For services to the blind in Central and West Africa.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_depth/uk/2001/birthday_honours_2001/1390918.stm (350 words)

	M2 Presswire: Jack Straw announces next head of the diplomatic service.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jack Straw announces next head of the diplomatic service.
		The Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, today announced a number of senior appointments in the Diplomatic Service, including the appointment of the next Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary.
		Jack Straw said: "The quality of Britain's Diplomatic Service at all levels is admired throughout the world.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:76806475&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (181 words)

	Other Agencies - State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Diplomatic Security "runs the Anti-Terrorism Training Assistance program, which has trained more than 36,000 officials in 130 countries, according to the bureau.
		On 8 December 1999, Stanislav Borisovich Gusev, a technical expert with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, was caught by the FBI while eavesdropping on the U.S. State Department.
		Now a sorry answer is emerging: The Russian penetration of our diplomatic inner sanctum may be partly the result of bureaucratic delay by top State Department officials.
	intellit.muskingum.edu /otheragencies_folder/oagenciesstate.html (1087 words)

	SO universe - contact & diplomatic corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The task of the Contact Service is to initiate relations with aboriginal and primitive peoples so that undue dislocation will not occur through contact with the advanced starculture that has discovered them.
		Diplomatic Corps personnel are really identical to Contact Service personnel with regard to the qualifications required of PCs.
		The Diplomatic Corps is merely the political arm of the same department of government-- Foreign Affairs.
	www.sden.org /jdr/spaceopera/GB/universe/career/contact.htm (323 words)

	The Diplomatic Service
		Entry into the Brazilian Diplomatic Service is by means of examinations held by the
		Following success in the examinations there is a two-year training period, organized in the form of a postgraduate course leading to entry into the diplomatic service as Third Secretary.
		In order to enrol for the admission examination, the candidate must be a Brazilian national; have complied with military service requirements and electoral obligations; be of exemplary character and have graduated from an acknowledged course in higher education prior to enrolment.
	www.mre.gov.br /cdbrasil/itamaraty/web/ingles/relext/mre/estrut/eorg/carreira/cdiplom/apresent.htm (126 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Diplomatic Moves: Life in the Foreign Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It concerns the changing role of spouses in the Diplomatic Service, with new-found recognition of the vital part they play, and appreciation of the wish of many spouses for freedom to pursue independent careers.
		Her memoirs offer and account of the interest and excitement of foreign travel, but also tell of the difficulties of being separated from families, the poor communications and physical dangers.
		This book should be of interest to those concerned with life in the Diplomatic Service, and what it was like for the spouses and families who are rarely mentioned in official histories.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1850439249 (343 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
		New Year Honours to members of the British diplomatic service and British citizens working in an oversea capacity.
		For ophthalmic services and service to the community, Anguilla.
		For services to ecology and conservation in Gibraltar.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2615763.stm (551 words)

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