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The term Release Date is used to signify the date material was posted on the ADS web site.
The ADS Booklet is an informative, user-friendly guide to USAID’s Automated Directives System (ADS). Packed with graphics and easy-to-follow information, it explains what the ADS is, its structure and content, how to access it (web and CD), and how to find Agency policy or required procedures within the ADS.
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Series 100: Agency Organization and Legal Affairs
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ADS 101, Agency Programs and Functions
Revision: 07/29/2004
Release Date: 08/04/2004
New and Revised Policy Directives and Required Procedures:
Revisions to this chapter include
The reorganization of the Bureau for Management; The reorganization of the Office of the Inspector General; A change to the name of the Conflict, Prevention, Democracy and Governance Division, Office of Sustainable Development, Bureau for Africa to the Communication, Peacebuilding and Governance Division; and A revision of the functional statement for the Office of the Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination.
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Series 200: Programming Policy
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Guidance on the Definition and Use of the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund and the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative Account, an internal mandatory reference for ADS 200
Revision: 07/22/2004
Release Date: 08/06/2004
New and Revised Policy Directives and Required Procedures:
This policy paper, a mandatory reference for ADS 200, was revised to include information about regulations, information, and policy regarding HIV/AIDS.
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Series 300: Acquisition & Assistance
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Series 300 Interim Update #04-05, Reissuance of the USAID Worldwide Program Card Manual
Revision: 07/30/2004
Release Date: 08/31/2004
New and Revised Policy Directives and Required Procedures:
The policy notice was issued to inform cardholders about the new Excel table form that they must use to record purchases. It also corrected the effective date of the manual.
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Series 400: Personnel
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Series 400 Interim Update #04-06, 2004 Performance-Based Cash Awards for Civil Service, Foreign Service and Non-Career Limited Foreign Service Employees, FS-1/GS-15 and below
Issued: 08/26/2004
Release Date: 08/31/2004
New and Revised Policy Directives and Required Procedures:
The Agency has established a bonus pool to provide performance-based cash awards to deserving Civil Service (CS) and Foreign Service (FS) employees, both overseas and in Washington, in grades GS-15/FS-1 and below. Non-career limited FS employees, FS-1 and below, may also be considered for performance-based cash awards. This guidance will be incorporated in ADS 461, Employee Evaluation Program, Foreign Service and Senior Foreign Service, and ADS 462, Employee Evaluation Program, Civil Service.
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Series 500: Management Services
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ADS 593, Reviews Conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Revision: 08/17/2004
Release Date: 08/19/2004
New and Revised Policy Directives and Required Procedures:
The chapter was revised as follows:
Clarifies that the Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs (LPA) clears all Agency formal comments on reports with recommendations.
Clarifies that GAO must send copies of all correspondence (i.e., notification letters, draft and final audit reports) directly to the Office of Inspector General.
Reflects GAO’s name change to Government Accountability Office.
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Series 600: Budget and Finance
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ADS 629, Accounting for USAID-owned Property and Internal Use Software
Revision: 08/30/2004
Release Date: 08/31/2004
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Series 600 Interim Update #04-10, Appropriate Fiscal Year to Charge for USAID Employees Travel and Transportation of Effects
Issued: 08/19/2004
Release Date: 08/30/2004
New and Revised Policy Directives and Required Procedures:
This policy notice is to remind offices that USAID has the authority to use FY 2004 Operating Expense funds to forward fund contracts and agreements through September 30, 2005. To use this forward-funding authority, funds must be obligated by September 30, 2004. Because of the nature of continuing resolutions and limited Operating Expenses, offices and Missions should proactively review their Fiscal Year 2005 operational needs to determine which priority contracts and agreements might be funded with FY 2004 funds. USAID expects this forward-funding authority to continue in future appropriation acts. Information in this notice will be codified in ADS 603 in the near future.
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Series 600 Interim Update #04-11, Forward Funding Guidelines for Operating Expense Funds
Issued: 08/19/2004
Release Date: 08/30/2004
New and Revised Policy Directives and Required Procedures:
This notice addresses the questions that arise at the end of each fiscal year regarding the proper appropriation to be charged for expenses associated with official travel and transportation of effects.
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