The USA Company for Worldwide Improvement (USAID) has introduced that each one direct rent personnel shall be positioned on administrative depart globally, efficient from Friday, February 7, 2025.
The choice excludes designated personnel answerable for mission-critical features, core management, and specifically designated applications.
This follows a current menace by President Donald Trump to close down the group over allegations of corruption.
The group in a discover on its web site added that important personnel shall be notified by its management by Thursday, February 6, at 3:00 pm (EST).
In keeping with the discover, USAID is coordinating with the Division of State to arrange a plan for personnel presently posted exterior the US.
“Exceptions to the return journey mandate shall be thought-about on a case-by-case foundation for causes resembling private or household hardship, mobility or security issues, dependents’ faculty phrases, medical wants, being pregnant, and different elements.
“Additional steering on tips on how to request exceptions is anticipated quickly,” the Company said.
The choice to put personnel on administrative depart has raised issues concerning the potential disruption of USAID’s humanitarian and improvement applications worldwide.
The announcement comes amid rising scrutiny of USAID’s function and effectiveness, with notable criticisms from U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
On Monday, Elon Musk stated President Donald Trump had agreed the USAID must be “shut down,” following days of hypothesis over the way forward for the company after its funding was frozen and dozens of its staff had been placed on depart.
“With reference to the USAID stuff, I went over it with (the president) intimately and he agreed that we should always shut it down,” Musk stated in an X Areas dialog.