Nearly eight months after requesting information from the U.S. State Department about how it plans to manage foreign assistance programs in the wake of USAID’s dismantling, the Government Accountability Office has yet to receive any answers, according to the director of the Congressional watchdog group.
“This is information that’s critical to understanding whether they are capable or positioning themselves to effectively oversee all of this new foreign assistance,” Latesha Love-Grayer told members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in a Tuesday hearing focused on waste, fraud, and abuse of U.S. foreign assistance.
“We’re unable to provide that information to Congress and taxpayers in a timely way when we’re waiting up to eight months for basic answers to questions,” she said.
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Michael Igoe@AlterIgoe
Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.
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