Agency for International Development

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, the headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development is seen in Washington. The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said, late Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

USAID reinforces its commitment to the rule of law overseas

The U.S. Agency for International Development has updated its policy for promoting the rule of law in countries where the agency operates.

Acquisition Policy

(AP Photo/J. David Ake)

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, the headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development is seen in Washington. The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said, late Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

USAID wants to reset the way it engages with the private sector

Agency Oversight

In this June 21, 2016, photo, tourists sit on a wooden boat as they start to cross the Mekong River to close a habitat of dolphin, which is located near the site of Don Sahong dam, near Cambodia-Laos borders, in Preah Romkel village, Stung Treng province, northeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Landlocked Laos is the poorest state in Southeast Asia but by virtue of geography and growing Chinese influence, its secretive authoritarian leaders wield a huge and unaccountable power over a river that winds through six countries. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Two American generals talk about the Sister Rivers Agreement with Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia

Army

Inglis, Easterly tapped for cyber leadership roles at White House, CISA

Reporter's Notebook

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine outside Silverton, Colo. The Gold King and other mines in the area are now part of a Superfund cleanup project. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday, June 14, 2018, it plans to take a series of interim cleanup steps at some of the sites while it searches for a longer-term solution. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

EPA settles dispute with Utah over Gold King Mine spill

Federal Newscast