The State Department’s independent watchdog office is expanding its remit, launching 25 new investigations into foreign assistance projects taken over from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The probes will cover whether the State Department is able to effectively continue USAID’s foreign aid contracts; the estimated $1.8 billion of foreign aid sent to Ukraine; and the State Department’s ability to respond to international disasters after USAID’s dismantling, among other topics.
“In July 2025, responsibility for more than 1,000 USAID awards, valued at approximately $75 billion, transferred to the Department,” reads a fact sheet published to the State Department’s Office of Inspector General, or OIG, website on Sept. 11. “More than a dozen Department bureaus, some of which formed during the Department’s recent reorganization, and others that have not previously implemented foreign assistance programs, are now tasked with administering these awards.”