The United States Agency for International Development has lifted its pause on all communications with the public, except for those that relate to four executive orders that U.S. President Donald Trump issued on Monday after his inauguration. The directive also includes archiving and unpublishing content on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programming that already exists.
Devex reported on Tuesday that USAID employees had been told in the lead-up to the inauguration, to pause all public communications until further notice.
On Wednesday, Lauren Shaw, the director of internal communications at USAID, wrote an email to staff members that indicated this temporary pause on all communication, including on traditional and social media, would be lifted on Thursday morning.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
