According to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) — Acting Administrator Alfonso Lenhardt announced the U.S. Government's plans to provide an additional $266 million to help West African countries address critical gaps caused by the Ebola outbreak at the International Ebola Recovery Conference today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. The funds will help Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea to address secondary impacts of the crisis.

As case numbers continue to drop, and as response efforts continue, the U.S. has also begun to focus on helping countries in West Africa with critical recovery efforts, including improving food security, health systems and non-Ebola health services, governance and economic crisis mitigation, and innovation and communication technology.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD) — Michael Baker Global Services LLC, Alexandria, Virginia; Fluor Federal Services Inc., Greenville, South Carolina; Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc., Arlington, Virginia; URS Group Inc., Washington, District of Columbia; and Weston Solutions Inc., West Chester, Pennsylvania, were awarded a $95,000,000 contract to renovate embassy secure spaces worldwide with an estimated completion date of July 23, 2020. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 13 received. Funding will be determined with each order. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, is the contracting activity.