Reform efforts drive fiscal 2013 hiring plans at USAID, State

The Obama administration’s fiscal 2013 budget request proposes a modest hiring increase at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development, motivated largely by the current ambitious reform campaigns at both organizations.

By Eliza Villarino // 14 February 2012

At the U.S. Agency for International Development, the reform wheel continues to influence the agency’s human resource requirements for the near future.

The agency looks to add 16 positions in fiscal 2013, all for its ambitious reform initiative USAID Forward, as per the latest budget request from the White House. USAID Forward aims to transform the bilateral donor organization into a modern development enterprise through innovation, procurement reform and partnerships.

For USAID’s operations, the Obama administration is asking for $1.5 billion next year. The overall request for the country’s international affairs budget in fiscal 2013, including for the State Department, amounts to $51.6 billion.

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