The U.S. Department of State is preparing to cut its workforce by 2,000 employees as soon as Friday, three sources familiar with the planning told NBC News. The downsizing would include hundreds of foreign service officers, four sources confirmed. The State Department submitted a plan to Congress for a large-scale overhaul of the diplomatic agency … [Read more…]
Here’s the message he shared on his LinkedIn page: After over 22 years of public service spanning US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and USAID I’m pausing my federal journey. Each time I took the oath of office (six times!) I reaffirmed a commitment … [Read more…]
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…]
They were among the first of the federal employees to lose their jobs, and months later, laid off workers for the U.S. Agency for International Development are still struggling to regain their footing. Wayan Vota, who spent decades improving technology across developing countries, created a Substack site to help his former colleagues search for new … [Read more…]
The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has created an unprecedented crisis in global education and skills development, with far-reaching consequences for access, equity, and the quality of learning worldwide. This report, commissioned by the European Training Foundation (ETF), examines the implications of USAID’s funding withdrawal through four key lenses: funding … [Read more…]
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries’ infrastructure in return for good governance, effectively ceding ground to China. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) will immediately exit projects around the world, from building roads to modernizing electricity grids, likely leaving the … [Read more…]