Amendments to Executive Order 12293—The Foreign Service of the United States
Amends Senior Foreign Service Pay Classes and Agency Titles
What it does
Agencies must apply the new salary ranges for Senior Foreign Service classes and use 'Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development' in place of specified director titles.
Real-world impact
- Adjusts pay ranges for senior diplomats, changing salary limits.
- Replaces two director titles with the Administrator of the United States foreign aid agency.
- Revokes a prior executive order, removing its previous provisions.
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Summary
This order updates pay rules for the Senior Foreign Service by setting specific salary ranges for three classes: Career Minister, Minister-Counselor, and Counselor.
It also replaces two named agency director titles with the "Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development" and revokes a prior executive order. The change affects senior diplomats' salaries and official job references across the State Department and related agencies.
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