Devex: Senators ask USAID watchdog to examine health supply chain project
“…Senators Bob Corker and Jeff Flake, both Republicans and chairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations and Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy respectively, sent a letter Tuesday, which Devex obtained, to Ann Calvaresi Barr, USAID’s inspector general. The senators outlined their ‘great concerns’ about the performance of the [$9.5 billion] ‘Global Health Supply Chain — Procurement Supply Management’ project. They requested that the development watchdog initiate work on the supply chain project and report back to the Foreign Affairs committee with their findings…” (Igoe, 11/15).