Learning information technology abroad

Published: June 2, 2020, 2:21 p.m.

The State Department has just hired its fourth annual cohorts of students for its Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship program. The students get internships and academic funding, and later appointments in the foreign service. State gets badly needed new talent to support the technology that supports diplomacy.\n\nFor details on the program, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to Chelsey Jones, senior manager for federal programs, and Patricia Boerner, the program manager for the Foreign Affairs IT Fellowships.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices