USAID to be reduced to about 290 foreign service officers and civil servants (1 Viewer)

[Abigail Williams, Vaughn Hillyard and Zoë]

The U.S. Agency of International Development is expected to be reduced to about 290 workers of the more than 5,000 foreign service officers, civil servants and personal service contractors currently employed at the agency, according to two sources familiar with the plans.

Most of the approximately 3,000 Institutional Support Contractors have already been fired or furloughed. The status of the approximately 5,000 foreign service nationals serving around the world is not yet clear.

The bureaus of Humanitarian Assistance, Global Health and Management...

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