Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations — As an important symbol of the enduring friendship with the Republic of Kosovo, U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Tracey Ann Jacobson broke ground on the new U.S. Embassy in Pristina today. The new Embassy will be situated on a 12-acre site in central Pristina, and will include a chancery, a […]
Three agencies working in war-torn Afghanistan and Iraq have rightly taken advantage of urgency exceptions that allow single-source contracting, the Government Accountability Office found. Auditors did, however, fault managers for failing to post accurate procurement data in some instances. The Defense and State departments and the U.S. Agency for International Development from 2010 to 2012 […]
Somalia remains a failed state. Poverty, the absence of enforced law and psychopathy masquerading as a just cause foments an environment where money for gain, or money to finance terror, means that piracy in The Indian Ocean has not gone away. What started in the Somalian North as a tax on shipping is a continuing […]
NATO Foreign Ministers decided on (13 May 2015) that the Alliance will maintain a presence in Afghanistan after the end of its current mission Resolute Support. "Today, we took a major decision which shows that we stay committed to Afghanistan. We agreed that we will maintain a presence in Afghanistan, even after the end of […]
RESTON, VA. and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Constellis Group and Olive Group jointly announced today that the two parties have agreed to merge Olive Group into the existing Constellis Group of Companies. Olive Group will drive the entity's global focus on commercial sectors, and this merger establishes the combined resources and funding to deliver ambitious plans […]