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State Department Notifications Lack Required Details
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The State Department omitted required information in 36 of 37 notifications about using legal authorities for democracy funding in fiscal years 2023 and 2024, the Government Accountability Office found.
The notifications missed at least one of three criteria in Section 7015(c) of the appropriations acts or in joint explanatory statements for those years.
State bureaus draft notifications but lack guidance from the department on including the required criteria.
In July 2025, the Secretary of State announced that USAID had ceased implementing foreign assistance, with State assuming some former USAID functions, including democracy programs.
GAO reviewed 101 notifications citing the democracy assistance notwithstanding authority from fiscal years 2021 through 2024 and found most lacked a clear link to specific programs or activities.
State’s current guidance does not require bureaus to connect notifications to particular programs, weakening congressional oversight.
Sources
- Democracy Assistance: State Department Should Improve Congressional Notification of Its Use of Certain Legal Authorities Government Accountability Office
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