tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-94161205314098957 2013-08-27T15:40:41-04:00 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-6a00d834515b9569e2019104eefd7f970c 2013-08-27T15:40:41-04:00 2013-08-27T15:45:58-04:00

A U.S. government effort to discourage students from dropping out of secondary and even primary school has been extended, giving a federal contractor two more years to achieve the Obama Administration's goals in this program. The initiative, however, focuses on students in the Middle East and Asia.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20192abde1850970d 2013-07-04T08:58:37-04:00 2013-07-04T08:58:37-04:00

President Obama wants to ensure all American adults obtain at least a year of college or career training while regaining America’s role as “world leader in college completion,” the U.S. Department of Education recently touted. The Obama administration then launched a new program to bring about such developments – in Egypt.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20192abc136a5970d 2013-06-29T09:55:11-04:00 2013-06-29T09:55:11-04:00

President Obama wants to ensure all American adults obtain at least a year of college or career training while regaining America’s role as “world leader in college completion,” the U.S. Department of Education recently touted. The Obama administration then launched a new program to bring about such developments – in Egypt. Read more at WND.com.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017d42b593b0970c 2013-04-11T07:10:21-04:00 2013-04-11T07:10:21-04:00

The Obama Administration’s Youth Workforce Development Program (YWDP) promises to deal with the growing number of “idle, disaffected youth” nationwide—that is, in the nation of Pakistan.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017d422dc1fe970c 2013-03-21T19:25:44-04:00 2013-03-21T19:25:44-04:00

My latest from Patriot Update: "Obama Spending $500 Million on Foreign Readers."

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017c325d7590970b 2012-10-06T18:52:41-04:00 2012-10-06T18:52:41-04:00

A $90 million contract to build up the Iraqi national education bureaucracy has been awarded to the Washington, D.C.-based firm Creative Associates International.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017c31f45d60970b 2012-09-18T10:58:22-04:00 2012-09-18T10:58:22-04:00

With $83 million in Indonesian education projects, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is looking to hire a local citizen as an Education Specialist to assist in these initiatives.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017c31bd4f13970b 2012-09-08T19:17:45-04:00 2012-09-08T19:17:45-04:00

Indonesian citizens will continue to pursue masters and Ph.D. programs courtesy of U.S. taxpayers—and even though students primarily will study in U.S. universities, the Obama administration awarded a contract to an Indonesian organization to coordinate this endeavor.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20167692422bb970b 2012-08-08T10:43:37-04:00 2012-08-08T12:12:02-04:00

Five-and-a-half million textbooks destined for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders in Ethiopia are being provided through USAID, which today revealed that it awarded a $5.9 million contract to South African company for the material.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20176169b3bf8970c 2012-07-21T13:07:37-04:00 2012-07-21T13:07:37-04:00

The Obama administration is rolling out $1 billion supplementary package of literary and education programs over the next five years -- not in the U.S., but globally.

Steve Peacock