AECOM Technology Corp. has won a $110 million contract to provide the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with conflict mitigation support services for their work in South Sudan. The South Sudan Viable Support to Transition and Stability program builds on a previous initiative that AECOM launched in 2009 in aid of political and peace processes […]
The U.S. foreign aid agency spent nearly one-quarter of its $203 million budget for promoting stability in Afghanistan without issuing a single community grant as the program was designed to do, according to a watchdog report released on Monday. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John F. Sopko found that the U.S. Agency for International Development […]
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) response to information that DOD, USAID, and the State Department supplied in response to SIGAR’s request for their 10 most- and least- successful programs and projects in Afghanistan. The letter noted difficulties in each agency’s responsiveness. SIGAR addresses DOD, DOS, and USAID: Dear Secretary Kerry, Secretary Hagel, and Administrator Shah: On […]