Pete Marocco, who was instrumental in the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), departed from the State department back in April. At the time, insiders speculated that he was ‘pushed out.’ Since then, there’s been radio silence from Pete Marocco. He has seemingly vanished.
Aid organizations have been in talks about taking control of the contraceptives and HIV prevention medication, but those negotiations have stalled amid shifting directives from the government, a Post examination found. More than $12 million worth of contraceptives and HIV-prevention medications purchased by the U.S. government as aid for developing countries under programs thathavesince been … [Read more…]
Staffers have allegedly been told to trash the USAID drugs if they can’t sell them for a profit. Staffers at the remnants of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the foreign aid agency dismantled at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, have been instructed to destroy AIDS/HIV drugs and other life-saving … [Read more…]
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing two months of additional compensation to some soon-to-be laid-off employees to prevent them from quitting early. MORE
Some employees may be eligible for eight more weeks of pay Mass exodus could cause chaos as agency winds down, officials say. The US Agency for International Development is offering some soon-to-be laid off workers two months of extra pay not to quit, as agency officials fret over potential fallout from workers leaving early, according … [Read more…]
Many people take jobs in the federal government – or with organizations that receive government funding – because want their work to create positive social impact. Many such workers have been laid off from government, nonprofit, academic and private sector positions this year due to federal firings, frozen budgets and contract terminations. This has created … [Read more…]
Organizations like Save the Children, IREX, Chemonics, FHI 360, Population Services International, DAI Global, Abt Global, and the American Institutes for Research (AIR), all share a common thread: they used to work closely with USAID to support foreign aid by executing USAID-funded projects around the globe. With the sudden dismantling of USAID, these companies have … [Read more…]
May 16, 2025 Cambridge, Mass.—On June 1, Samantha Power will return to Harvard Kennedy School as the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy and to Harvard Law School as the William D. Zabel ’61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights. Power, who recently served in the Biden administration as … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON— Stephen Paul Edmund Sutton, 53, a United Kingdom citizen, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for his participation in a fraud scheme, perpetrated when he was employed by a contracting firm that implemented a U.S. Agency for International Development-funded (USAID) power distribution program (PDP) in Pakistan, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Acting … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – The State Department office that handles refugee issues and works to cut illegal migration will lead the U.S. response to overseas disasters, according to excerpts from an internal department cable, a role for which experts say it lacks the knowhow and personnel. The Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, known … [Read more…]