Washington — Nearly all staff for the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, will be placed on leave Friday night, the agency announced on its website Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, all overseas missions for USAID had been ordered to shut down, and all staff recalled by Friday, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News.
The statement notes that all “direct-hire personnel” will be placed on leave with exceptions for those on “mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs.” Those considered exceptions will be notified by USAID leadership by 3 p.m. ET Thursday, and further guidance on how to request an exception will be forthcoming, the email said.
The statement notes the agency is developing a plan with the State Department to arrange and pay for return travel within 30 days for USAID personnel posted outside the U.S. The email states PSC (personal service contractor) contracts and ISC (independent service contractor) contracts “that are determined to be inessential will be terminated.”
It also says they will consider “case-by-case” exceptions and return travel extensions based on “personal or family hardship, mobility, or safety concerns.”
On Tuesday night, multiple USAID staffers based in the agency’s Capital headquarters informed CBS News that they had received a separate email notifying them that they had been placed on paid administrative leave.
Washington — Nearly all staff for the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, will be placed on leave Friday night, the agency announced on its website Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, all overseas missions for USAID had been ordered to shut down, and all staff recalled by Friday, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News.
The statement notes that all “direct-hire personnel” will be placed on leave with exceptions for those on “mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs.” Those considered exceptions will be notified by USAID leadership by 3 p.m. ET Thursday, and further guidance on how to request an exception will be forthcoming, the email said.
The statement notes the agency is developing a plan with the State Department to arrange and pay for return travel within 30 days for USAID personnel posted outside the U.S. The email states PSC (personal service contractor) contracts and ISC (independent service contractor) contracts “that are determined to be inessential will be terminated.”
It also says they will consider “case-by-case” exceptions and return travel extensions based on “personal or family hardship, mobility, or safety concerns.”
On Tuesday night, multiple USAID staffers based in the agency’s Capital headquarters informed CBS News that they had received a separate email notifying them that they had been placed on paid administrative leave.
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