tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-94161205314098957 2014-02-09T19:45:20-05:00 Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a51168809c970c 2014-02-09T19:45:20-05:00 2014-02-09T19:45:20-05:00

The federal government’s portfolio of international health-care initiatives has grown so enormous that the Obama administration is infusing another quarter-billion dollars simply to help operate this global bureaucracy. The estimated return on this taxpayer-funded venture: 250 new support staff.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a3fcb32602970b 2014-02-03T06:26:13-05:00 2014-02-03T06:26:13-05:00

Now that an $87 million African trade-promotion project is reaching the end of its five-year run, the Obama administration might spend millions more to decide whether it wisely invested U.S. taxpayer dollars in the venture.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a3faafece6970b 2013-12-18T14:11:34-05:00 2013-12-18T14:11:34-05:00

A $20 million Kenya-based anti-drought program continues its search for contractors to carry out the five-year endeavor for the U.S. government -- and half the estimated cost will be eaten up in Phase One, which establishes a management bureaucracy to oversee the project.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019b00e85ca2970c 2013-11-11T00:01:00-05:00 2013-11-11T16:33:07-05:00

Though the federal government is struggling to make Obamacare functional for Americans, the administration is simultaneously helping to upgrade the health-care system in Kenya. The ambitious plan to expand health-care and social-services access to millions of Kenyans is one of several recent U.S. endeavors to surface, indicating that yet another...

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019aff4469c8970b 2013-09-08T17:10:36-04:00 2013-09-08T17:10:37-04:00

The Obama administration is seeking additional U.S. taxpayer funds to provide more health services to Kenyans through a massive assistance program that has already grown so “rapidly and exponentially” the U.S. government now needs help from outside contractors to oversee it.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019aff3c12ef970b 2013-09-06T19:05:55-04:00 2013-09-06T19:05:55-04:00

The Obama administration is seeking additional U.S. taxpayer funds to provide more health services to Kenyans through a massive assistance program that has already grown so “rapidly and exponentially” the U.S. government now needs help from outside contractors to oversee it.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019104b90c0c970c 2013-08-13T00:17:57-04:00 2013-08-13T00:17:57-04:00

A no-bid contract to assess a $48 million Kenyan youth program has been awarded to the University of Chicago, where President Barack Obama taught constitutional law for 12 years.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019b00e88736970c 2013-07-31T15:22:00-04:00 2013-07-31T15:22:00-04:00

President Obama’s multi-billion-dollar “Power Africa” initiative aims to double citizen access to electricity and other power sources across Sub-Saharan Africa. But it plays down the creation of a new public-private bureaucracy needed to overcome the pervasive corruption and incompetence of African governments and power utilities.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201901e81c003970b 2013-07-29T13:39:52-04:00 2013-07-29T13:39:52-04:00

President Obama’s multi-billion-dollar “Power Africa” initiative aims to double citizen access to electricity and other power sources across Sub-Saharan Africa. But it plays down the creation of a new public-private bureaucracy needed to overcome the pervasive corruption and incompetence of African governments and power utilities.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201901e46dcb1970b 2013-07-15T13:19:53-04:00 2013-07-15T13:19:53-04:00

My latest from WND. The Obama administration continues to ramp up its military-response capabilities in Africa, where it is now looking for contractor support to transport U.S. Africa Command troops, weaponry and explosives.

Steve Peacock