“USAID” is engraved on a cover in the center of the US International Development Agency in Washington DC
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The Trump administration enacted almost all of the remaining 900 employees of the US International Development Agency.
According to two senior USAID officials who demand anonymity because they do not have the authority to speak on behalf of the agency, almost no one will be saved.
Authorities, the personnel on Friday at 13:00 for reasons that were not open “front office” was ordered to leave. However, they may still be asked to continue working for several months.
In an e-mail to the USAID personnel, Jeremy Lewin, a government official who carried out daily operations from Pete Marocco on March 20, said that the decreases in force (RIFS) will enter into force on 1 or 2 September.
This completes the dismantling of 64 -year -old USAID, terminates approximately 5,200 contracts, and proceeds with the plan to shift the rest of the USAID to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“As you can imagine, there will be a lot of work to migrate to the operations in a responsible way,” Lewin wrote, “Lewin wrote.
Lewin said that until the end of the official working dates, staff would not get administrative permission, but will be allowed to choose one of the two options in a form to be given to them on Saturday, March 29th.
“Active duty: A significant portion of the agency will be asked to remain in charge to support the success of the operations and the transfer of programs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If you are interested in being active in this capacity, we will be grateful for your ongoing service.
“Administrative permission: If you prefer to get away and focus on subsequent steps, voluntary administrative leave will be presented. Unless otherwise instructed, all personnel with non -administrative permit notifications may choose to stop and request permission.”
And “safe and completely compensated return trip will be offered to the overseas personnel.”
Lewin said that “the personnel will be a separate process for hiring in the form of existing roles at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” and additional information would be “likely in April or May”.
“In the next three months, we will work closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to create the capacity of USAID’s life-saving and strategic assistance programming in the next three months.”
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said in a statement that the management “re -directed our foreign aid programs to directly adapt to the best with the best for our US and our citizens”.
“Unfortunately, USAID has deviated from its original task a long time ago. As a result, the gains were very small and the costs were very high.” He said.
