Summary: As the Biden administration gets up and running, incoming State Department appointees see an opportunity to revitalize its workforce. A report from the Partnership for Public Service shows the agency saw its first net staff reduction in decades under the Trump administration. The agency has also seen a steady decline in employee satisfaction surveys for the past decade. For more on State’s next steps under the Biden administration, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with a former senior intelligence service executive, now a senior adviser with the Partnership, Chris Cox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
