9. Agency for International Development · Minor

Expand USAID's roster of contracting and agreement officers

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“USAID should use existing authority to use program funds to expand its roster of contracting and agreement officers to accelerate the delivery of funds for disaster responses to a more diverse collection of implementers.”

What has happened

Jun 2, 2026 Not started
Moved the other way. USAID notified Congress on 2025-03-28 that it would realign some functions to the State Department by 1 July 2025 and discontinue the rest, and on 2025-07-01 the Secretary of State announced that USAID officially ceased implementing foreign assistance. USAID has no roster of contracting and agreement officers to expand, and the successor acquisition workforce shrank rather than grew: State's report to Congress on the FY2025 workforce reduction records that "the largest reductions occurred in the bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary for Management", which is where the Bureau of Global Acquisitions sits. No use of program funds to hire acquisition staff for foreign assistance was found.
- Marco Rubio, "Making Foreign Aid Great Again" (State Department Spanish text): from 1 July 2025 USAID officially ceases to implement foreign assistance, which passes to the Department of State
  Primary Executive branch Jul 1, 2025
- Report to Congress on The Reduction of Department of State Personnel During Fiscal Year 2025
  Primary Executive branch Jun 2, 2026

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Researched 2026-08-28.

Action: expand
Object: USAID roster of contracting and agreement officers
ID: 683