Press Release
Office of Inspector General Delegation Conducts Joint Visit to Advance Ukraine Response Oversight
In late July, senior leaders from the U.S. Department of State (State) and U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Offices of Inspector General (OIG), Diana Shaw and Nicole Angarella, visited Poland and the Ukraine border for meetings on the U.S. response to the humanitarian crisis resulting from Russia’s invasion. The team met with representatives from U.S. Embassy Kyiv and U.S. Embassy Warsaw, and other State, USAID, and Department of Defense personnel.
U.S. Agency for International Development Inspector General Ann Calvaresi Barr Retires from Federal Service
The Honorable Ann Calvaresi Barr, Inspector General for the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), retired from Federal service on December 31,
2020.
Two Democratic Republic of Congo Nationals Charged with Diverting USAID-Funded Anti-Malarial Medication in East Africa for Resale on the Black Market
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ann Calvaresi Barr, the Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development (“USAID”), announced the unsealing today of an indictment charging RENE DJESSA and DANIEL OHOYO, both nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”), with conspiracy and theft of government property in connection with a scheme to divert tens of thousands of doses of anti-malarial medication funded by the President’s Malaria Initiative (“PMI”) for resale on the black market in East Africa.