DOGE

Part of the recent experiment called DOGE the USAID program was dismantled and part of it transferred to the state department. USAID had grown from $16 billion in 2001 to $44 billion last year. Following the major restructuring of foreign aid, the remaining active USAID awards managed under the State Department hold approximately $8.3 billion in un-obligated funding. Out of roughly 6,200 evaluated project awards, over 5,300 were terminated, leaving about 900 active. Many of these projects were specious in nature with things like a $2 million initiative aimed at sex changes and LGBT activism in Guatemala. Many question just where this money really went. While DOGE ended, it sparked an interest in waste in other areas and now fraud is popping up all over.