Some organizations that implement programs for the U.S. Agency for International Development received memos this week saying the government must pay them.
According to the memo, obtained by Devex, USAID told its partners that the government must “not withhold payments or letter of credit drawdowns” — a method of advancing payments to federal award recipients — for work completed prior to Feb. 13. It’s unclear how many organizations received this memo.
This comes in the wake of U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s order on Monday that the Trump administration must pay USAID partners for billions of dollars in international aid work, warning the president doesn’t have “unbounded power.”