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Link to the report which got the inspector general fired: https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/USAID%20OIG%20-%20Oversight%20of%20USAID-Funded%20H

Link to the report which got the inspector general fired: https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/USAID%20OIG%20-%20Oversight%20of%20USAID-Funded%20Humanitarian%20Assistance%20Programming%20021025.pdf https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/USAID%20OI...

rstuart4133 2y ago
I can't see anything in the article that says the report was the trigger for him being fired. It looks to me he was fired because USAID was disbanded. The report happened to come out at the same time. The (clickbaity?) headline does make to two events seem linked, but typically it would talk months for a bureaucracy to decide a report was so bad the author should be fired.
- consumer451 2y ago
  > but typically it would talk months for a bureaucracy to decide a report was so bad the author should be fired. Is there anything that strikes you as typical about what is currently happening with the federal government? Musk pushed out the head of the FAA who was about to fine SpaceX and investigate the Starship RUD, in days. Are the two things related? I guess we can never be sure.
rasz 2y ago
TLDR: "According to USAID staff, this uncertainty put more than $489 million of food assistance at ports, in transit, and in warehouses at risk of spoilage, unanticipated storage needs, and diversion. As a routine matter, USAID pre-positions emergency food aid in BHA warehouses around the world, including approximately 29,000 metric tons in Houston, Texas, valued at nearly $39 million, more than 40,000 metric tons in a warehouse in Djibouti in East Africa valued at $40 million, and over 10,000 metric tons in a South African warehouse valued at $10 million. All BHA warehouses have prepositioned emergency food aid commodities supplied by U.S. manufacturers and American farmers, as required by law. Moreover, USAID staff identified over 500,000 additional metric tons of food currently at sea or ready to be shipped. The food is sourced from American farmers pursuant to Title II Food for Peace (the longest standing permanent program for international in-kind food aid, administered by USAID) and Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funding. Because this funding source was not included under the Secretary’s emergency food assistance waiver, these commodities were held in limbo, subjecting them to spoilage, unanticipated storage needs, and potential diversion."

rstuart4133 2y ago

I can't see anything in the article that says the report was the trigger for him being fired. It looks to me he was fired because USAID was disbanded. The report happened to come out at the same time. The (clickbaity?) headline does make to two events seem linked, but typically it would talk months for a bureaucracy to decide a report was so bad the author should be fired.

consumer451 2y ago
> but typically it would talk months for a bureaucracy to decide a report was so bad the author should be fired. Is there anything that strikes you as typical about what is currently happening with the federal government? Musk pushed out the head of the FAA who was about to fine SpaceX and investigate the Starship RUD, in days. Are the two things related? I guess we can never be sure.

rasz 2y ago

TLDR: "According to USAID staff, this uncertainty put more than $489 million of food assistance at ports, in transit, and in warehouses at risk of spoilage, unanticipated storage needs, and diversion. As a routine matter, USAID pre-positions emergency food aid in BHA warehouses around the world, including approximately 29,000 metric tons in Houston, Texas, valued at nearly $39 million, more than 40,000 metric tons in a warehouse in Djibouti in East Africa valued at $40 million, and over 10,000 metric tons in a South African warehouse valued at $10 million. All BHA warehouses have prepositioned emergency food aid commodities supplied by U.S. manufacturers and American farmers, as required by law. Moreover, USAID staff identified over 500,000 additional metric tons of food currently at sea or ready to be shipped. The food is sourced from American farmers pursuant to Title II Food for Peace (the longest standing permanent program for international in-kind food aid, administered by USAID) and Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funding. Because this funding source was not included under the Secretary’s emergency food assistance waiver, these commodities were held in limbo, subjecting them to spoilage, unanticipated storage needs, and potential diversion."