Overview
This report is submitted pursuant Section 7019(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-47) and House Report 118-146, which states:
"Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of USAID shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on award performance and accountability in support of more effective, transformative, and efficient foreign assistance implementation. The report shall include: (1) the feasibility of building on innovation incentive awards and pay-for-performance awards in an effort to better achieve well-defined results through competitive means; (2) an assessment of how proven technologies and other innovations can be brought to greater scale; (3) an analysis of the pervasiveness of sub-grantees or sub-contractors being highlighted within grant or contract proposals but not included or minimized during the period of the award."
USAID submits this report on the requirements outlined above.