9. Agency for International Development · Minor
Staff the Office of the General Counsel with four political attorneys
Printed page 278 9. Agency for International Development
“The Administration should staff the Office of the General Counsel with at least four politically appointed attorneys (besides the General Counsel). The General Counsel should have two political deputies, one of whom should cover Human Capital and Talent Management (HCTM) and the other the Office of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA).”
What has happened
- Not started
No politically appointed attorneys or deputies were placed in USAID's Office of the General Counsel, and no General Counsel was nominated. Roster check first: `src/data/people.json` has no Current office at USAID for any of the 322 credited people, and the 119th Congress's 2,077 nominations contain no USAID nomination (the two International Development records are DFC officers). Cluster negative search A covers the rest. OGC, HCTM and the Office of Acquisition and Assistance — the three offices this Quote's deputies would cover — went with the agency: USAID's own notice of 16 September 2025 records "a reduction-in-force of nearly all USAID personnel".
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
- Overlaps #731 (a team of Schedule C attorneys in the same office, Chapter 9 p. 272). A single set of appointments would satisfy both Quotes, which makes the pair a candidate to merge under the rule that one ask gets one Recommendation. Both are leveled the same way on the same evidence.
- Action
- appoint
- Object
- Politically appointed attorneys and deputies in the Office of the General Counsel
- ID
- 749