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USAID GOAL:

USAID remains a premier bilateral development

agency.

USAID is requesting $484 million in FY 1999 for Operating

Expenses which, combined with local currency trust funds and

other resources, will provide $542 million to cover the cost of

Agency operations.

These resources will ensure the efficient

management of $6,791 million in program funds and improve

management systems within the agency.

Major expenses include

$303 million for salaries and benefits of Agency personnel,

including 2,232 U.S. direct hire and 3,317 foreign national and

U.S. personal service contract employees, $72 million for rents,

utilities, and communications costs, $10 million for training

activities to improve the skills of agency employees and an

estimated $14 million to further improve the operational

effectiveness of Agency's New Management System (NMS).

More

generally, USAID will use FY 1999 Operating Expenses to: (1)

develop responsive assistance mechanisms; (2) improve program

effectiveness; (3) strengthen the U.S. commitment to sustainable

development; and (4) expand the technical and managerial

capacities of the Agency and its personnel.

INDICATORS:

Percent of critical positions vacant.

Percent of USAID managed development assistance overseen by

U.S. and local private voluntary organizations.

Statements at the objective level across the strategic plans

of U.S.G. executive agencies concerned with sustainable

development are consistent.

Number of jointly defined OECD development priorities.

Financial and program results information readily available.

Time to procure development services reduced.

PERFORMANCE GOALS:

1.

Time to deploy effective development and disaster relief

resources overseas reduced.

The Agency's progress against this performance goal will be

assessed against two proxy indicators, i.e., the percent of

critical positions vacant, and the time, measured in months, to

procure development services.