American Foreign Service Association
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| Abbreviation | AFSA |
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| Founded | 1924 |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(5) professional association |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Coordinates | 38°53′46″N 77°02′49″W / 38.896194°N 77.046940°WCoordinates: 38°53′46″N 77°02′49″W / 38.896194°N 77.046940°W |
| Barbara J. Stephenson | |
| Affiliations | American Foreign Service Association Scholarship Fund, Fund for American Diplomacy, American Foresign Service Association PAC |
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Revenue (2014)
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$4,375,615 |
| Expenses (2014) | $4,467,879 |
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Employees (2014)
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40 |
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Volunteers (2014)
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40 |
| Mission | To represent all foreign service employees in the United States Department of State, Agency for International Development, Foreign Commercial Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and International Broadcasting Bureau. |
| Website | www |
American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), established in 1924, is the professional association of the United States Foreign Service. With over 15,000 dues-paying members, American Foreign Service Association represents 28,000 active and retired Foreign Service employees of the Department of State and Agency for International Development (AID), as well as smaller groups in the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Foreign Commercial Service (FCS), and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB).
American Foreign Service Association's principal missions are to enhance the effectiveness of the Foreign Service, to protect the professional interests of its members, to ensure the maintenance of high professional standards for both career diplomats and political appointees, and to promote understanding of the critical role of the Foreign Service in promoting America's national security and economic prosperity.
Among its professional activities, American Foreign Service Association publishes the monthly Foreign Service Journal, presents an annual set of awards for intellectual courage and creative dissent, organizes programs of speakers on foreign affairs, maintains meeting facilities for its members, provides a college scholarship program for Foreign Service children and offers specialized insurance plans to its members. AFSA's legislative affairs department coordinates efforts to keep Congress aware of the concerns of the Foreign Service and of active and retired Foreign Service personnel.
American Foreign Service Association is the exclusive bargaining agent for the Foreign Service employees of all five agencies. In this labor/management relations capacity, American Foreign Service Association negotiates with the agency management on personnel policies and practices affecting members' working conditions. American Foreign Service Association also represents members in formal grievance proceedings, office of security and inspector general investigations, and EEO cases, while providing them informal assistance in dealing with administrative problems.
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