While AFSA does its best to maintain information on all that may concern the Foreign Service community, we readily admit that we are not always the best resource for each and any issue. To supplement our information, we are happy to provide a constantly-increasing list of excellent online resources for a variety of subjects.

Housing Information

• Extended Stay Housing Guide
• Property Management Guide
• The Foreign Service Clause

Life in the Foreign Service

• Overseas Briefing Center
• Center for Disease Control’s Travel Health Information
• Family Liaison Office (FLO)
• Personal Post Insights
• IQ: Information Quest (resource and referral service for FS employees and family members)
• Country Information/Bidding Resources
• Spouse and Partner Guide to the Foreign Service
• Going to Iraq?
• Preparing to Go Overseas
• Coming Back to the U.S. (includes info on schools and housing)
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Office of Allowances
• ADST Oral History Collection
• Livelines - AAFSW's Online Discussion Group for Questions and Tips on Life in the Foreign Service
• USAID Staff Care Center

Foreign Service-Related Organizations

• The Senior Living Foundation of the American Foreign Service
• Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide (AAFSW)
• DACOR
• American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD)
• Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)
• Foreign Service Youth Foundation (FSYF)
• Foreign Affairs Council
• Diplomacy Matters
• American Diplomacy
• Tales from a Small Planet
• The Una Chapman Cox Foundation
• U.S. Diplomacy Center
• USAID Alumni Association

Pets and the Foreign Service (click for separate page)

Ethics Issues

• Institute for Global Ethics
• Ethics and Public Policy Center
• Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
• U.S. Office of Government Ethics

Family Life E-mail Groups

• DS Agent Spouse Group
• FS Adoptive Parents
• FS Cairo Parents
• FS Iraq
• Livelines
• Members-of-Household Network
• Unaccompanied Tours Listserv
• State Tandems
• For FS Teens
• FS Gifted and Talented
• FS Home Schooling
• FS Special Education Needs
• FS Parent
• FS Youth

Foreign Service Blogs (click for separate page)

International Foreign Affairs Associations

• Spain: Asociacion de Diplomaticos Espanoles
• Canada: Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers
• Italy: Sindicato del Servicio Exterior Italianio

Government-Related Sites

• Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS)
• Contacting the 112th Congress
• House Foreign Affairs Committee (Chair: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-FL)
• Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Chair: John Kerry, D-MA)
• The White House
• U.S. Embassies

Oral History Archive - Former Secretaries of State

• George Shultz (1982-1989)

Of Professional Interest

• Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM)
• USAID's Automated Directives System (ADS)
• FEDManager
• Mission and Project Support
• National Security Archive
• Public Diplomacy
• USA Engage
• DC Linktank
• Forging a 21st Century Diplomatic Service [ Short Version ] [ Full Version ]

Think Tanks and Other Organizations

• Brookings Institution
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Foreign Policy Association
• InterAction
• National Peace Corps Association

Please let us know if you think we should add other links to this page!