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USAID announces "Pay For Results" aid programs - perhaps due to SIGIR and SIGAR Audits on how ineffective & corrupt earlier USAID programs were

https://blogs.state.gov/stories/2017/11/02/en/ensuring-effective-development?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery   Vance JochimLake County, FL Fiscal WatchdogFiscalRangers.comFiscalRangers@comcast.net

SIGAR : Review of Afghans Gone AWOL While Training in the U.S.

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Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 9:27 AM
To:
Subject: Review of Afghans Gone AWOL While Training in the U.S.

Today, SIGAR released a review of Afghan security personnel who went absent
without leave (AWOL) while in the United States for training.

The report notes:

SIGAR Report: Lessons Learned Report: Reconstructing the Afghan Forces

From: George-Nichol, Jennifer CIV (US)
[mailto:jennifer.george-nichol.civ@mail.mil]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:30 AM
To:
Subject: Lessons Learned Report: Reconstructing the Afghan Forces

Today, SIGAR's Lessons Learned Program released a report on the U.S.
experience reconstructing the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces
(ANDSF). The release coincided with remarks by Special Inspector General
John F. Sopko at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

To view a live webcast of Inspector General Sopko's remarks, beginning at
10am EST:

https://www.csis.org/events/lessons-developing-afghanistan%E2%80%99s-securit

y-forces

For a concise, interactive, and web-based version of the report:

https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/reconstructing-the-andsf/index.htm

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The remarks note:

Review of USAID's Customs E-Pay Program in Afghanistan

From: George-Nichol, Jennifer CIV (US)
[mailto:jennifer.george-nichol.civ@mail.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 9:43 AM

Subject: Review of USAID's Customs E-Pay Program in Afghanistan

Today, SIGAR released a review of USAID-funded initiatives to implement an
electronic payment system for the collection of customs duties in
Afghanistan.

Key points:

SIGAR July Quarterly Report: Afghanistan Reconstruction is Not Risk-Free

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Cc: LaVelle, Philip J CIV (US)
Subject: July Quarterly Report: Afghanistan Reconstruction is Not Risk-Free

Today, SIGAR released its 36th (July 2017) Quarterly Report to Congress.

Key findings:

Transparency International now has a "help desk" with many corruption articles and a list of Experts

Tavares, FL                         May 14, 2017

This is a great resource when researching corruption issues.

Visit THIS page at TI (Transparency International) to review "help desk" corruption articles.

And, visit THIS page to see the massive list of experts they use for help desk articles.  (However, most of them appear to be academics or consultants, with little info whether they actually worked on anti-corruption projects or teams.)

Vance Jochim

 

SIGAR April Quarterly Report, "Reprioritizing Afghanistan Reconstruction"

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From: George-Nichol, Jennifer CIV (US)
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Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 10:19 AM
To: George-Nichol, Jennifer CIV (US)
Cc: LaVelle, Philip J CIV (US)
Subject: April Quarterly Report, "Reprioritizing Afghanistan Reconstruction"

Today, SIGAR released its thirty-fifth (April 2017) Quarterly Report to
Congress.

Key points:

Review of USAID-Funded Schools in Balkh Province - USAID botches an $868-million in school funding in Afghanistan

SIGAR has issued another great report showing how USAID (foreign aid funder
- part of US State Dept) botched the funding of 26 schools by LYING about
the number of students attending the schools.

SIGAR found some schools only had 10% of the actual student counts reported
by USAID.

The top 100 USAID managers need to be FIRED and foreign aid funding
terminated for Afghanistan.

Vance Jochim
Lake County, FL Fiscal Watchdog
FiscalRangers.com
FiscalRangers@comcast.net

Using Google Maps to show corruption in France

March 18, 2017

Here is an example where someone posted all the cases of corruption in France on a Google map.

Good idea - how about States in the US or other countries?

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/a-map-of-corruption-in-france   

 

 

China's Xinhua news agency has segment on China's anti-corruption efforts

March 12, 2017

This segment on Periscope.tv was broadcast by millenial reporters in the English Xinhua News Agency Twitter account, and cites many statistics about the anti-corruption drive started in 2014.

https://www.periscope.tv/XHNews/1mrGmegdrWgGy?t=25  

This was from a series of broadcasts during China's "Two Sessions" meeting period in early March, and was aimed at explaining the Chinese system and laws.  

Of course, it isn't clear if the anti-corruption prosecutions are not also a method to get political opponents out of the way.

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