USAID

USAID hides Afghan corruption, financial risks from Congress, watchdog says

USAID hides Afghan corruption, financial risks from Congress, watchdog says

Michal Conger · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

Officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development recently awarded more than $3 million for a program at its mission in Armenia, according to non-profit watchdog Judicial Watch. (Thinkstock)

USAID spends millions on Armenian ‘civic engagement’

Kelly Cohen · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., suggested at a Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight hearing Wednesday that several small international organizations run by the federal government consider consolidating. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Claire McCaskill scares two agency heads, suggests they consolidate

Luke Rosiak · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

American tax dollars funding a public health program in Afghanistan could be wasted by the Afghan government, but the U.S. agency overseeing the program isn't doing its job, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction. (Photo: Thinkstock)

IG exposes USAID spending millions on Afghan program despite fraud risk

Michal Conger · September 5, 2013 4:00 am

Obama searches for post-vacation boost

Brian Hughes · August 19, 2013 4:00 am

Federal officials have paid millions for reconstruction work in Afghanistan to five subcontractors with ties to enemy groups. (AP File)

Reforms sought to keep U.S. funds from going to terrorist-linked contractors

Michal Conger · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

The Promoting Gender Equality in National Priority Programs project is intended to build on the U.S. Agency for International Development's previous efforts in promoting Afghan women over the past decade. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Afghan women to receive grant from USAID

Ashe Schow · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama has nominated Michael A. Carroll as inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development, an appointment that would fill a nearly two-year vacancy. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

President Obama nominates USAID IG, but many watchdog vacancies remain unfilled

Michal Conger · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Multiple inspector general reports criticize U.S. Agency for International Development foreign aid programs for chronic waste, fraud and mismanagement. (AP Photo)

U.S. Agency for International Development projects rife with mismanagement, lax oversight, IGs say

Michal Conger · July 13, 2013 4:00 am

USAID distributed solar panels to shop keepers in Afghanistan, many of whom were not equipped for electricity. (Thinkstock Image)

Energy and Environment

US Afghan aid buys solar panels for farmers without electricity

Michal Conger · June 28, 2013 4:00 am