Give the USAID Administrator authority over all foreign assistance
What the document says“The USAID Administrator should be authorized to take on the additional role of Director of Foreign Assistance”
The chapter asks that the Administrator hold the additional role of Director of Foreign Assistance with the rank of Deputy Secretary, which would place the agency's head over the coordination of foreign assistance more broadly.
What the document actually says“The USAID Administrator should be authorized to take on the additional role of Director of Foreign Assistance”
The head of this agency should also run all foreign aid.
Aid is handled by more than one agency. The book says one person should run it all. That person would be the head of USAID.
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid
2025-01-20 · 90 FR 8619
Executive Order 14169 settles who coordinates foreign assistance, which is the question the proposal turns on, and settles it the other way. Reviews of each foreign assistance program are ordered under guidelines provided by the Secretary of State, determinations to continue, modify or cease a program require his concurrence, and any new foreign assistance program or obligation must be approved by him or his designee. The chapter would place that coordinating role with the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, holding the additional title of Director of Foreign Assistance with the rank of Deputy Secretary. The order creates no such title or rank, and it is a pause and review order rather than a standing grant of authority over all foreign assistance.
The order settles who runs foreign aid, and settles it the other way. Reviews, changes and new aid all need the State head's sign off. The book would have given that role to the aid agency's chief, with a new title and higher rank. The order makes no such title and grants no lasting power. It is a pause and review order.