STEP: Smart Traveler Enrollment Program Subscribe to get up-to-date safety and security information and help us reach you in an emergency abroad. Enroll for alerts at step.state.gov . In Case of Emergency: Call 1-888-407-4747 (U.S./Canada); +1-202-501-4444 (overseas); or contact the nearest embassy: go.usa.gov/xduQM. Recommended Web Browsers: Internet Explorer 11 with compatibility view or Google Chrome.
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By Office of Digital | 22 March, 2020 | Topics: Alerts, News | Tags: STEP
Over the past decade, the Iranian regime has rapidly expanded its citizens army model — the Basij Resistance Force, a volunteer paramilitary force — inside and outside Iran. “If a dictator could ask a genie for one wish, it would be for one organization to neutralize all threats and not be expensive,” said Saeid Golkar, …
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By Office of Digital | 1 January, 2021 | Topics: Alerts
U.S. Citizen Travelers: Enroll for alerts at step.state.gov . In Case of Emergency: Call 1-888-407-4747 (U.S./Canada); +1-202-501-4444 (overseas); or contact the nearest embassy: go.usa.gov/xduQM . Global Health Advisory: The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the global impact of COVID-19. Many areas throughout the world are now experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks and …
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By Office of Digital | 19 March, 2020 | Topics: Alerts, Health Issues, News
Hurricanes, dust storms and blizzards can all knock out electrical lines, but what kind of damage can weather in space do? Plenty. In a normal year, space weather costs the world about $10 billion per year, according to experts at the U.S. National Science Foundation. The most powerful solar storm on record slammed into the …
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By Office of Digital | 30 July, 2019 | Topics: Alerts, Featured Event | Tags: Cuba
“11. If desired, set an Notification Message to Appear in the header of the site. a. From post edit mode, Select YES under NOTIFICATION MESSAGE – TURN ON? b. Enter text in the NOTIFICATION TITLE and NOTIFICATION DESCRIPTION text boxes. NOTE: NOTIFICATION TITLE HAS A 40 CHARACTER LIMIT AND NOTIFICATION DESCRIPTION HAS A 70 CHARACTER …
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By Office of Digital | 17 July, 2019 | Topics: Alerts, Notification
Terrorist attacks are down by 23 percent globally since last year, according to the State Department’s annual Country Reports on Terrorism . But there is still more work to be done. That’s why at the Global Counterterrorism Forum, the United States and Morocco launched the GCTF Terrorist Travel Initiative . The Initiative will work with national and local governments, international organizations and border officers to …
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By Office of Digital | 30 October, 2018 | Topics: Alerts
Please use the template below for requesting a site update from the Embassy Service Desk Team: Content to Post: Please be very specific about the content to be posted, include a Word Document with the text if at all possible. Please understand that any content submitted may have its formatting edited to comply with the …
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By Office of Digital | 7 March, 2018 | Topics: Alerts, Contract Opportunities, Job Opportunities, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We …
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By Office of Digital | 15 January, 2018 | Topics: Alerts
Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens: We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom–symbolizing an end as well as a beginning–signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same …
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By Office of Digital | 11 January, 2018 | Topics: Alerts