Chief FOIA Officer's Report

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

USAID’s core mission is to demonstrate democratic values abroad, and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world. These values include the tenets of democratic governance, such as building open, responsive, transparent, and accountable institutions and processes that serve the needs and preferences of the public. These values are emblematic of the FOIA, which encourages accountability through transparency. In Quarter 4 of Fiscal Year 2022, USAID engaged its workforce on FOIA through Agency Notices titled “Transparency to the Public.” These notices underscored the workforce’s commitment to transparency.

The Attorney General's 2009 FOIA Guidelines require the Chief FOIA Officer for each federal agency to submit a report to the Attorney General containing a detailed description of the steps taken by the agency to improve FOIA compliance and transparency. These reports contain details of FOIA administration at each agency, as well as the steps taken to implement the Attorney General's 2009 FOIA Guidelines during each reporting year.