Skip to main contentAbout USAID Locations Our Work Public Affairs Careers Business / Policy
USAID: From The American People Policy Improving Mobility for the Disabled - Click to read this story
ADS Home »

Search
entire USAID web site
ADS only
Advanced ADS Search »
Navigation
100: Agency Organization &
        Legal Affairs
»

200: Programming Policy »

300: Acquisition &
        Assistance
»

400: Personnel »

500: Management Services »

600: Budget & Finance »

USAID Handbook Series »

ADS Glossary »

Info

What's New in the ADS »
(Updated November 17, 2009)


The ADS Booklet: A Guide to USAID's Automated Directives System »
(Updated April 21, 2008)

About the ADS »

External Reference Links »

Who to Contact »

What's New in the ADS for August 2006


Updated: August 30, 2006
* Superceded information is provided for historical purposes...
Browse Series: 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600
Series 300: Acquisition and Assistance
ADS Chapter 313 - Eligibility of Suppliers, Contractors, and Recipients

Issued: 08/22/2006     Posted: 08/30/2006

This announces the issuance of revised ADS Chapter 313, which supersedes the version dated 4/11/2001. This revision is not substantive, but merely contains editorial changes/updates and reflects the new ADS formatting.

ADS Chapter 303 - Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Non-Governmental Organizations

Issued: 07/31/2006     Posted: 08/07/2006

This chapter contains the Agency’s internal guidance, policies, and standards for the award and administration of USAID grants and cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education, hospitals, other non-profit, non-governmental organizations, and commercial organizations.

Mandatory Reference 302mah - Contract Clause Guide for Unclassified Information System Security Systems and Services

Issued: 08/21/2006     Posted: 08/29/2006

Mandatory Reference 302mag - Updated Guidance for Modified Acquisition & Assistance Request Document (MAARD) Usage

Issued: 08/21/2006     Posted: 08/29/2006

Additional Help 303saf - Contracting with a Foreign Governmental Organization

Issued: 08/21/2006     Posted: 08/29/2006

Additional Help 303sae - Operational Security – General Information

Issued: 06/19/2006     Posted: 08/07/2006

Back to Top ^

Series 400: Personnel
Series 400 Interim Update #06-07, Integration of Telework in Agency Continuity of Operations Plan

Issued: 08/16/2006     Posted: 08/21/2006

The Agency is issuing this Notice to provide policy guidance on the use of telework in emergency situations. Recent guidance issued by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on emergency planning has emphasized the role of telework.

Mandatory Reference 405maa - USAID TeleCOOP Work Agreement

Issued: 08/18/2006     Posted: 08/29/2006

Back to Top ^

Series 500: Management Services
Series 500 Interim Update #06-10, Issuance of revised ADS Chapter 562, Physical Security Programs (Overseas)

Issued: 08/09/2006     Posted: 08/15/2006

This chapter identifies the overseas physical security policy directives and required procedures for the protection of USAID employees, facilities, classified national security, and Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) information.

Series 500 Interim Update #06-09, USAID Compliance with OMB M-06-16

Issued: 08/07/2006     Posted: 08/15/2006

On June 23, 2006, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum M-06-16, which requires that all Federal Agencies properly safeguard their information assets that contain personally identifiable information (PII). To comply with M-06-16, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and the Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) are updating the definition of System Owner, in the Automated Directives System (ADS) Glossary. Effective immediately, references to System Owner in the ADS will also include data owners. The Privacy Act responsibilities assigned to USAID personnel to accommodate the requirements of M-06-16 are included in the attached Word document. The CISO and CPO will update ADS Chapters 545 and 508 to reflect this new policy from OMB and NIST within the next few months.

Mandatory Reference 504maa - Authorized Senders for Agency Notices

Issued: 07/31/2006     Posted: 08/08/2006

Mandatory Reference 501maa - ADS Chapters and Authors List

Issued: 08/02/2006     Posted: 08/07/2006

This mandatory internal reference provides a listing of all ADS chapters and applicable handbooks and their points-of-contact. For this revision, the point-of-contact information was updated for various chapters (address, phone numbers, names, etc.), and chapter titles were updated.

Back to Top ^

Series 600: Budget & Finance
ADS Chapter 625 - Accounts Receivable and Debt Collection

Issued: 07/28/2006     Posted: 08/15/2006

This ADS chapter contains the policy directives, required procedures, standards, and guidelines required to effectively manage Agency Accounts Receivable debts, exclusive of loan and loan guarantees. ADS Chapter 625 covers commercial and employee debts owed to the Agency.

Back to Top ^

"What's New in the ADS" Archives

Questions about this web page or the ADS? Please contact us by using our Questions/Comments form page or send an e-mail to ads@usaid.gov.

To view PDF files, download the accessible version of Adobe  Acrobat Reader.

Back to Top ^

 

About USAID

Our Work

Locations

Public Affairs

Careers

Business/Policy

 Digg this page : Share this page on StumbleUpon : Post This Page to Del.icio.us : Save this page to Reddit : Save this page to Yahoo MyWeb : Share this page on Facebook : Save this page to Newsvine : Save this page to Google Bookmarks : Save this page to Mixx : Save this page to Technorati : USAID RSS Feeds Star