USAID Staff Listings by Type
| Employment Types |
Definition |
| USFS: |
U.S. Direct Hire, Foreign Service or Senior Foreign Service |
| USCS: |
U.S. Direct Hire Civil Service GS, GM, WG, or SES |
| USPS: |
U.S. Personal Services Contractor |
| FNDH: |
Foreign National Direct Hire |
| FNPS: |
Foreign National Personal Services Contractor |
| TCDH: |
Third Country National Direct Hire |
| TCPS: |
Third Country National Personal Services Contractor |
| PASA or RSSA: |
Employee detailed from another U.S. government agency on a Participating Agency Services Agreement or a Resources Support Services Agreement |
| JCCO: |
Employee who is a member of the Joint Career Corps and is not a direct hire of USAID |
| IPA: |
Intergovernmental Personnel Act employees |
| AAAS: |
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows |
| TAACS: |
Technical Advisors in AIDS and Child Survival |
| POPF: |
Population Fellows or individuals funded by the Population Fellows Program |
| CSFP: |
Child Survival Fellows individuals funded by the Child Survival Fellows Program |
| STRS: |
Senior Technical Advisors in Residence (employees of Johns Hopkins University [STARS]) |
| UDFP: |
Urban Development Fellows |
| WCPL: |
Western Consortium Population Leaders Fellows |
| DEMF: |
Democracy Fellows |
| WIDF: |
Women in Development Fellows |
| OTHF: |
Other types of Fellows not listed above |
| NPSU: |
U.S. Non-PSC: These are individual contractors who do not have an employer-employee relationship with USAID and there is no direct supervision by a U.S. Direct Hire employee. Also, they do not occupy U.S. government space or use U.S. government supplies. They are not institutional contractors nor people hired under a service contract. |
| NPSF: |
Non-PSC of other nationalities. These individuals are not Americans; they have individual contracts with us but do not occupy U.S. government space nor do they use U.S. government supplies. |
