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WEBINARS – What’s Next If Your USG Programs (USAID, DOD, State Department, etc,) are Restarted or Terminated

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Hosted by https://www.linkedin.com/in/olgawall/ Requests for Suspension Costs & Termination Settlements – AssistanceThursday, February 6, 2025 – (Grants & Cooperative Agreements)Requests for Suspension Costs & Termination Settlements1:00 PM US ESTRegister Here hashtag#Assistance https://lnkd.in/eEsZ2UUT Equitable Adjustments & Terminations – ContractsFriday, February 7, 2025 – Acquisition (Contracts)Requests for Equitable Adjustments & Termination Settlement Proposals1:00 PM US ESTRegister Here hashtag#Contracts https://lnkd.in/eJxdxTcpAfter registering, you’ll receive … [Read more…]

Rubio Tells Congress That USAID May Be Abolished After Review

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress that the US Agency for International Development may be subsumed into the State Department and abolished as a separate agency once his team completes a review of its practices, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg News. Current foreign assistance processes “do not substantially benefit the American people,” … [Read more…]

Rubio says ‘no choice’ but to bring USAID ‘under control’ after agency takeover: ‘rank insubordination’

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EXCLUSIVE: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is accusing USAID of “rank insubordination,” adding “we had no choice but to bring this thing under control.”  The top U.S. diplomat made the comments in an exclusive interview with Fox News in El Salvador, just after announcing he would take over as acting director of the humanitarian agency. … [Read more…]

President Trump targets USAID as Marco Rubio becomes acting director of the embattled agency

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is acting director the U.S. Agency for International Development, following days of upheaval at USAID as the Trump administration froze many of its programs. USAID employees woke up to an email telling them the headquarters in Washington, D.C., would be closed for the day and that they should … [Read more…]

Jason Gray Acting Administrator of USAID put on leave after trying to stop Musk’s team from accessing classified info, officials say

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Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department CNN  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator of the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the State Department. The news came hours after … [Read more…]

Emergency Humanitarian Waiver to Foreign Assistance Pause

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Source – US State departmentJanuary 28, 2025 To: All implementing U.S. government agencies, partners, and NGOs. For the purposes of carrying out the President’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, I am approving an additional waiver of the pause under the Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid … [Read more…]

Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAID: ‘He’s a destroyer’

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The Trump administration’s evisceration of US overseas aid has been presided over by a campaign ally who sowed a trail of enmity at multiple agencies during the first Trump presidency and has been publicly identified as allegedly having been present at the January 6 insurrection when rioters stormed the US Capitol. Peter Marocco has accumulated … [Read more…]

Musk Says DOGE Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors

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(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down some payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the US Treasury Department. “The corruption and waste is being rooted out in real-time,” Musk posted on X, saying officials reporting … [Read more…]