Monthly Archives: July 2011
1. House Foreign Affairs Committee Passes State Department-Foreign Assistance Authorization Bill
2. House to Begin Action Next Week on FY12 State-Foreign Operations Bill
1. House Foreign Affairs Committee Marking Up State Department-Foreign Assistance Authorization Bill Today
2. Gang of Six Unveils Budget Proposal
1. Update on Budget Negotiations and Impact on International Affairs Budget
2. House Action on FY12 State-Foreign Operations Bill Scheduled for Next Week
Must Reads Who’s In the News Modernizing The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Rep. Howard Berman, ModernizeAid Blog) We have all read discouraging accounts of the ways that aid is wasted through graft and corruption, poor project design, and large investments that cannot be sustained. Although foreign assistance accounts for less than 1 percent of [...]
Mike Casella Director of USAID Office of Budget and Resource Management Mike Casella oversees USAID’s Office of Budget and Resource Management which is responsible for executing USAID’s development and humanitarian assistance budget, ensuring that the budget is supporting the agencies strategic priorities. He became the first Director of Budget and Resource Management when the office [...]
General James Mattis Commander United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Susan Reichle has been Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Learning since August 2010. In this position, she leads the bureau in USAID responsible for policy development and modernization, strategic-planning coordination, and donor engagement. Prior to this position, Ms. Reichle was [...]
While negotiations continue on the debt ceiling as the August 2 deadline looms large, the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee will hold its markup of its FY12 bill on Wednesday morning. The Subcommittee’s allocation is 21% below the President’s FY12 request, which will result in very deep cuts to non-war related programs. Also on tap [...]
After two full days of debate, the House Foreign Affairs Committee completed its markup Thursday of the FY2012 State Department-Foreign Relations Authorization Act and passed the bill 23-20 with major impacts on the International Affairs Budget. Among the many contentious amendments offered during the debate, an amendment by Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) revoking economic assistance [...]
After yesterday’s marathon session into the wee hours of this morning, the House Foreign Affairs Committee continues its markup of the FY12 State Department-Foreign Relations Authorization Act. A number of amendments have been offered and sparked heated debate, many with impacts to the International Affairs Budget. An amendment offered by Representative Ted Poe (R-TX), which [...]
This morning, the House Foreign Affairs Committee is considering a State Department-Foreign Assistance Reauthorization Bill, in what is expected to be a long and contentious markup. The 161-page draft legislation, authored by Committee Chair Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), contains a number of significant policy changes, in addition to funding authorization levels that in some cases raise [...]
