The ceaseless dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development has curtailed the agency’s ability to vet humanitarian awards for terrorist links — along with its capacity to monitor aid distributions in high-risk areas.
That’s according to an advisory notice published Monday by USAID’s Office of Inspector General, a federal agency that monitors USAID’s programs to deter waste, fraud, and abuse.
“Recent widespread staffing reductions across the Agency, particularly within [the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance], coupled with uncertainty about the scope of foreign assistance waivers and permissible communications with implementers, has degraded USAID’s ability to distribute and safeguard taxpayer-funded humanitarian assistance,” the OIG found.