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USAID to hire lawyers to investigate employees who talked to the press, alleged job posting shows
A job posting reviewed by CBS News shows the U.S. Agency for International Development is trying to hire more lawyers to ...
USAID contractor sought attorney to investigate dismantled agency’s former employees
A government contractor sought to hire a lawyer to work at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to conduct ...
USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it
In a way, the requiem of the now-dismantled agency can be told through its people — including some entire families, like the ...
Where do cuts to USAID leave the future of foreign aid in Africa? Podcast
Ghanaian development expert Bright Simons talks about the history and future of foreign aid on The Conversation Weekly ...
A matchmaking service with a twist: Connecting big givers to programs cut by USAID
A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost — or ...
Towson consultant, USAID official plead guilty in bribery scheme involving $550M in contracts
A former U.S. Agency for International Development official admitted in federal court this week that he accepted bribes from a Towson-based consultant and other contractors to steer agency decisions ...
How Reagan’s USAID Reforms Compared to Trump’s
Considering the near destruction of USAID that has recently unfolded, this might be the final time the agency is overhauled, ...
US Judge Stands Behind Injunction Requiring $2B in USAID Partner Work Payments
"Even if this Court found a sound basis to exercise discretion under Rule 62.1, Defendants have not made the showing ...
'It was betrayal.' SC USAID veterans reel, organize and look for work after Musk dismantled agency
Native and current South Carolina USAID workers and contractors are reeling after Elon Musk and his Department of Government ...
USAID’s Demise Threatens a Vital Health and Climate Solution in Africa
A funding stoppage hurts efforts to phase out polluting home cookstoves and replace them with cleaner alternatives.
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USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it
WASHINGTON (AP) — He was special, Albert Votaw’s daughter remembers all these decades later. Cathy Votaw is 70 now, more than a dozen years older than her father lived to be. She describes a ...