International Relief and Development is shedding more employees in the wake of allegations from the U.S. Agency for International Development that it mismanaged taxpayer money.
The once largest nonprofit partner of the USAID in Iraq and Afghanistan laid off 21 staff members Friday from its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
The layoffs come a day after IRD dismissed its board of directors, and two weeks after the resignation of several senior executives. These shake-ups have been widely interpreted as steps by Roger Ervin, IRD’s new president and CEO, to get back into USAID’s good graces.