GAO report: State Dept. might be overcharging for passports.The article focuses on the issue of passport overcharge raised by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the State Department. In question is the US$30 execution fee component of the passport fee, the purpose of which ...
Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the State Department. In question is the US$30 execution fee component of the passport fee, the purpose of which is to offset certain costs related to entities such as the Postal Service, which in turn claimed that its costs was only US$19 per ...
Congress directed the Secretary of State to make a "reasonable effort" to provide protection to Afghan applicants if the secretary determined they were in "imminent danger." Mohammad and IRAP filed in mid-August, hoping it would help get his family out. ...
A State Department spokesperson told ABC News that 95% of the agency's staff responsible for processing passports were sent home for their safety, forcing them to "temporarily [suspend] expedited passport processing and [restrict] service at U.S. passport agencies and centers to life or...
State Department to postpone for a year a rule that would require travelers entering the U.S. through the Visa Waiver Program to have machine-readable passports. Overview of the program; Lobbying efforts of the travel industry for the postponement of the program's deadline; Significance of the...
The State Department on Monday welcomed a Supreme Court decisionto strike down a 2002 law that...Kasperowicz, Pete