Šestogodišnji Program podele vlasti pokrenut je 2008. godine u cilju pomoći Srbiji da se približi EU jačanjem pravosudne i zakonodavne grane vlasti.
The six-year USAID Separation of Powers Project (SPP) was launched in 2008 to help Serbia move closer to European Union accession by strengthening the judicial and legislative branches of government.
The Fifth Committee of the U.N. General Assembly—a body responsible for administrative and budgetary issues—recently adopted a measure to allocate $49.9 million to fund UNMEER. The U.N. plans to launch a Global Ebola Response Coalition on October 10, which will bring business, political, and health leaders together to mobilize resources and support for the ongoing response.
The Office of Personnel Management and Office of Management and Budget have implemented a Government-wide Performance Management System initiative. This information reflects current internal processes and regulations for Senior Executive Service (SES) members and equivalent officials (Senior Leaders (SL) and Scientific Professionals (ST)) concerning Performance and Misconduct.
To date, U.S. Government (USG) funding for the West Africa EVD outbreak has surpassed $111 million.
USAID and the U.S. Department of State are providing a $10 million grant to support an African Union (AU) medical mission responding to the EVD outbreak.
President Obama has designated October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, a nationwide effort to educate and engage both public and private sector stakeholders and the American public on cybersecurity issues through a variety of communications and outreach activities held across the country.
- The overall EVD caseload has increased approximately 17 percent since September 16.
- To date, the U.S. Government (USG) has committed more than $95 million towards its $175 million EVD response funding pledge. The USG continues to increase support for the EVD response.
- As part of this $95 million, USAID contributed nearly $15.6 million in additional support for EVD response activities in Guinea and Liberia.
- CDC has developed trainings for clinicians planning to work in EVD treatment units (ETU).
The U.S. Government (USG) has launched a whole-of-government response to the EVD outbreak in West Africa, including increased involvement from the U.S. military. On September 16, President Obama announced that an estimated 3,000 U.S. troops plan to deploy to provide logistics support, construct EVD treatment units (ETUs), and train health care workers. Additionally, the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps plans to deploy health care workers to West Africa.
The Regional Agricultural Development Program-North (RADP-N) is a sustainable agriculture development program that works in six provinces of northern Afghanistan (Jawzjan, Balkh, Samangan, Baghlan, Kunduz and Badakhshan) in support of U.S. Government and Afghan Government economic development objectives. RADP-N focuses on investing in increased sustainability and profitability of selected value chains for wheat, high-value crops, and livestock to provide food and economic security for rural Afghans in the targeted provinces. The program strengthens farmers' knowledge and skills concerning improved wheat, high-value crops, and livestock production techniques. These activities enable farmers to better market their products and generate more income for their families. RADP-North also engages the private sector to advocate for national policy reforms to catalyze growth in the sector.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Infectious Disease Emergence and Economics of Altered Landscapes program investigates how changes to landscapes contribute to disease emergence and its associated costs.
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