Bo Ngoai giao Hoa Ky (tieng Anh: United States Department of State, dich sat nghia la Bo Quoc vu Hoa Ky) la mot bo cap noi cac cua chinh phu lien bang Hoa Ky. Bo nay do Bo truong Ngoai giao Hoa Ky lanh đao.
Bo nay ban đau co ten la Department of Foreign Affairs (Bo Ngoai vu Hoa Ky) co trach nhiem trong coi viec ngoai giao voi cac quoc gia khac nhung khong bao lau sau đo đuoc đoi thanh Department of State (co nghia la Bo Quoc vu Hoa Ky nhung trong tieng Viet luon đuoc goi la Bo Ngoai giao Hoa Ky) va đuoc giao them mot so cac trach nhiem co lien quan đen đoi noi.
Bo co tru so chinh la Toa nha Harry S. Truman o đia chi 2201 C Street, NW, cach Toa Bach Oc vai day pho trong khu dan cu Foggy Bottom cua Washington, D.C.. Bo truong Bo Ngoai giao la thanh vien đau tien trong noi cac đuoc xep theo thu tu vi tri ke nhiem trong truong hop Tong thong Hoa Ky bi thuong phe hay qua đoi va la nguoi xep thu tu theo thu tu ke nhiem, sau Pho Tong thong, Chu tich Ha vien, va Chu tich Thuong vien tam quyen.


Lich su Hien phap Hoa Ky, đuoc thao tai thanh pho Philadelphia tieu bang Pennsylvania nam 1787 va đuoc cac tieu bang thong qua mot nam sau đo, đa trao quyen cho Tong thong Hoa Ky trach nhiem trong coi quan he ngoai giao cua quoc gia. Chang bao lau sau đo nguoi ta nhan thay ro rang mot bo hanh chinh lien bang can co đe ho tro Tong thong tien hanh cac cong viec cua Chinh phu lien bang moi.
Ha vien va Thuong vien chap thuan thanh lap mot Bo Ngoai vu (Department of Foreign Affairs) vao ngay 21 thang 7 nam 1789, va Tong thong Washington ky thanh luat vao ngay 27 thang 7 thanh lap Bo Ngoai vu Hoa Ky. Đay la co quan lien bang đau tien đuoc thanh lap duoi Hien phap moi (hien phap cua co ten goi Cac đieu khoan Hop bang). Luat nay van la luat co ban cua Bo Ngoai giao Hoa Ky ngay nay. Thang 9 nam 1789, luat phu ra đoi nham đoi ten co quan nay tu Department of Foreign Affairs (Bo Ngoai vu Hoa Ky) thanh Department of State (co nghia la Bo Nha nuoc Hoa Ky nhung trong tieng Viet luon đuoc goi la Bo Ngoai giao Hoa Ky) va giao cho bo mot so cac trach nhiem đoi noi khac nhau nua.
Cac trach nhiem cua bo gia tang gom co viec quan ly So Đuc tien Kim loai cua Hoa Ky (United States Mint), giu Đai an Hoa Ky, va giu nhiem vu đieu tra dan so. Tong thong George Washington ky luat moi ngay 15 thang 9. Phan lon cac nhiem vu quoc noi nay cua Bo Ngoai giao tu tu đuoc trao lai cho cac bo va cac co quan lien bang moi đuoc thanh lap trong the ky 19.
Ngay 29 thang 9 nam 1789, Tong thong Washington bo nhiem Thomas Jefferson cua tieu bang Virginia, luc đo la Đai dien đac trach ngoai giao voi Phap, tro thanh Bo truong Ngoai giao Hoa Ky đau tien mac du John Jay đa tung phuc vu cong tac ngoai giao nay voi vai tro chuyen tiep tu thoi Lien hiep ke tu truoc khi Washington nham chuc va tiep tuc cong viec ngoai giao cho đen khi Jefferson tu chau Au tro ve vai thang sau đo.


Bon phan va trach nhiem Nganh hanh phap va Quoc hoi co nhung trach nhiem hien đinh ve chinh sach ngoai giao cua Hoa Ky. Ben trong nganh hanh phap, Bo Ngoai giao la co quan chinh đac trach ngoai giao va nguoi lanh đao cua bo, Bo truong Ngoai giao Hoa Ky, la co van chinh ve chinh sach đoi ngoai cho Tong thong Hoa Ky mac du cac vien chuc hoac ca nhan khac cung co the co anh huong ve cac quyet đinh chinh sach ngoai giao cua tong thong. Bo đe xuat cac muc tieu va nhung moi quan tam cua Hoa Ky tren truong quoc te, phat trien va trien khai chinh sach ngoai giao cua tong thong. Bo cung ho tro cac hoat đong ngoai giao cua cac ban nganh khac trong Chinh phu Hoa Ky trong đo co Bo Thuong mai Hoa Ky va Co quan Phat trien Quoc te cua Hoa Ky (U.S. Agency for International Development). Bo cung cung ung mot so cac dich vu quan trong cho cong dan Hoa Ky va ngoai quoc muon vieng tham hoac di dan đen Hoa Ky.
Tat ca cac hoat đong ngoai giao cua Hoa Ky gom co: đai dien cua Hoa Ky o ngoai quoc, cac chuong trinh vien tro ngoai quoc, đoi pho toi pham quoc te, cac chuong trinh huan luyen quan su ngoai quoc, cac dich vu ma bo cung ung, va hon nua. Tat ca đuoc chi tra bang ngan sach danh cho ngoai vu ma tong so len đen hon 1% tong so ngan sach lien bang hay 12 xu moi ngay cho moi đau nguoi cong dan My. Nhu đuoc Bo Ngoai giao gioi thieu, muc tieu cua bo gom co:

Bao ve va giup đo cong dan Hoa Ky song hoac du lich o ngoai quoc;
Ho tro cac cong ty Hoa Ky tren thi truong quoc te;
Đieu hop va cung ung su ho tro đoi voi cac hoat đong cua cac co quan Hoa Ky khac (chinh quyen đia phuong, tieu bang hay chinh phu lien bang), cac cuoc vieng tham chinh thuc o ngoai quoc va tai quoc noi, va cac no luc ngoai giao khac.
Thong tin cho cong chung biet ve chinh sach ngoai giao va quan he cua Hoa Ky voi cac quoc gia, tiep nhan va chuyen van cac thong tin phan hoi tu cong chung đen cac gioi chuc hanh chinh.
Cap giay đang ky xe cho cac xe cua cac nhan vien khong lam viec trong nganh ngoai giao va cac xe cua cac nhan vien ngoai giao cac quoc gia co quyen mien to ngoai giao tai Hoa Ky.


To chuc Bo truong Ngoai giao Hoa Ky: Vien chuc hanh chinh truong cua Bo Ngoai giao, thanh vien cua Noi cac Hoa Ky, bao cao truc tiep đen Tong thong Hoa Ky. Bo truong Ngoai giao to chuc va trong coi toan bo Bo Ngoai giao va nhan vien:

Pho Bo truong Ngoai giao Hoa Ky: cung voi Chanh van phong, Thu ky Hanh chinh va Thu truong Ngoai giao đac trach Quan ly ho tro Bo truong đieu hanh tong the. Duoi Pho Bo truong la sau Thu truong va co van cung voi cac nhan vien khac:
Chanh van phong (Chief of Staff)
Thu ky Hanh chinh (Executive Secretariat)
Van phong cua Đieu hop vien đac trach chong Khung bo (Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism) - van phong nay soan bao cao ve chu nghia khung bo.
Van phong Đieu hop vien đac trach Tai kien thiet va Binh on (Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization)
Trung tam Huan luyen Ngoai giao Quoc gia (National Foreign Affairs Training Center) - co Hoc vien Đoi ngoai
Cuc đac trach Cac chuong trinh Thong tin Quoc te (Bureau of International Information Programs)
Van phong Co van Phap ly Bo Ngoai giao Hoa Ky (United States Department of State Office of the Legal Adviser)
Van phong Chinh sach Quan ly (Office of Management Policy)
Truong Le tan Hoa Ky (Chief of Protocol of the United States)
Van phong Co van Ky thuat va Khoa hoc (Office of the Science and Technology Adviser)
Van phong đac trach Cac van đe Toi pham Chien tranh (Office of War Crimes Issues)
Van phong Tinh bao va Nghien cuu (INR)
Cuc đac trach Lap phap vu (Bureau of Legislative Affairs)
Cuc Quan ly Tai nguyen (Bureau of Resource Management)
Thu truong Ngoai giao đac trach Chinh tri vu (Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs): Vien chuc xep thu ba cua bo. Se tro thanh quyen bo truong neu Bo truong va Pho Bo truong vang mat. Chuc vu nay co trach nhiem đoi voi cac van phong đac trach viec đieu hanh ngoai giao cua My tren toan the gioi:
Vu Chau Phi (Bureau of African Affairs)
Vu Đong A va Thai Binh Duong (Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs)
Vu Chau Au va Au - A (Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs)
Cuc Chat gay nghien quoc te va Thi hanh phap luat (Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs)
Cuc Cac van đe To chuc Quoc te (Bureau of International Organization Affairs)
Vu Can Đong (Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs)
Vu Nam va Trung A (Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs)
Vu Tay Ban cau (Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs)
Thu truong Ngoai giao đac trach Quan ly (Under Secretary of State for Management): Co van chinh cua Bo truong va Pho Bo truong Ngoai giao ve cac van đe lien quan đen nhan su va su dung ngan quy, co so vat chat. Chuc vu nay co trach nhiem đoi voi cac van phong đac trach ve len ke hoach hanh chinh hang ngay cua bo va đe nghi cai to hay hien đai hoa cac ban nganh:
Cuc Quan tri
Cuc Lanh su vu
Cuc An ninh ngoai giao
Cuc Nguon nhan luc
Cuc Quan ly Tai nguyen thong tin
Van phong Đieu hanh xay dung hai ngoai
Giam đoc Phong Le tan ngoai giao
Vien Dich vu ngoai giao
Van phong Chinh sach quan ly, chuyen đoi, va sang kien
Van phong Dich vu y te
Van phong Lien lac Nha Trang
Thu truong Ngoai giao đac trach Phat trien Kinh te, Nang luong va Moi truong (Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment): Co van cap cao ve kinh te cho Bo truong va Pho Bo truong ve chinh sach kinh te quoc te. Chuc vu nay co trach nhiem đoi voi cac van phong đac trach ve giao thuong, nang luong, moi truong va quan he thuong mai song phuong voi cac đoi tac kinh te cua My:
Thu truong Ngoai giao đac trach Cong chung ngoai giao va Cong chung vu (Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs): Thu truong nay lanh đao cac chuc nang ma truoc đay đuoc giao cho Co quan Thong tin Hoa Ky (United States Information Agency) nhung hien nay đuoc sap nhap vao Bo Ngoai giao sau khi đuoc tai to chuc nam 1999. Chuc vu nay đieu hanh cac đon vi trong coi viec lien lac cong chung va tim cach to điem hinh anh cua Hoa Ky khap the gioi:
Thu truong Ngoai giao đac trach Kiem soat vu khi va An ninh quoc te (Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs: Thu truong nay đieu hop vai tro cua bo trong viec vien tro quan su cua Hoa Ky. Tu khi tai to chuc nam 1996, thu truong nay cung con trong coi cac chuc nang cua Cuu Co quan Giai tru va Kiem soat Vu khi ([Arms Control and Disarmament Agency).
Thu truong Ngoai giao đac trach Dan chu va Quoc te vu (Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs): Van phong Thu truong đac trach Quoc te vu (Office of Undersecretary of Global Affairs) đuoc Chinh phu cua Tong thong Clinton thanh lap đe đieu hanh cac no luc ngoai giao ve cac van đe moi xay ra tren the gioi, thi du nhu moi truong. Van phong nay đuoc đoi ten thanh Dan chu va Quoc te vu (Democracy and Global Affairs) nam 2005 đe phan anh trong tam ngay gia tang trong viec co vu cho dan chu trong chinh sach ngoai giao cua Hoa Ky.
Cuc Dan chu, Nhan quyen va Lao đong (Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor)
Cuc Đai duong, Moi truong Quoc te va Cac van đe khoa hoc (Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs)
Cuc Dan so, Ty nan va Di dan (Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration)
Van phong theo doi va chong buon nguoi (Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons)
Co van Bo Ngoai giao Hoa Ky: Bang cap voi cac thu truong, co van cho Bo truong va Pho Bo truong ve nhung van đe chinh trong chinh sach đoi ngoai. Huong dan cac van phong lam đung theo chuc trach cua minh, thuc hien cac buoi tu van va đoi thoai quoc te.
Van phong Đieu hop Chong benh AIDS Quoc te: đay la luc luong đac nhiem cua Tong thong nham muc đich chong benh AIDS toan cau. Đieu hop vien cua van phong bao cao truc tiep voi Bo truong Ngoai giao.
Tu khi tai to chuc nam 1996, quan tri vien cua Co quan Phap trien Quoc te Hoa Ky (United States Agency for International Development) cung phai bao cao truc tiep cho Bo truong Ngoai giao mac du nguoi nay lanh đao mot van phong đoc lap cung giong nhu truong hop cua Đai su Hoa Ky tai Lien Hop Quoc.


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History, Telephone directory
America.gov official DoS Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) website (for international audiences)
Rewards for Justice official DoS Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program
Department Of State Meeting Notices and Rule Changes Luu tru ngay 29 thang 11 nam 2012 tai Wayback Machine from The Federal Register
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Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training from the Library of Congress


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