Topic: Millennium Challenge Corporation

The United States ambassador to Mozambique, Leslie Rowe, said in Maputo on Thursday that the bilateral trade between the two countries has grown...
Press Statement . . . Secretary Clinton will travel to Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, and Cape Verde on January 16 - 17, 2012 to demonstrate U.S...

Mongolia's capital tries to shed its smog

ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Inside a stove showroom deep in the suburbs of this sprawling smoke-filled city, Mam Ivermint, 80, is shopping for a new coal-fired stove -- her unlikely contribution to the cause of cleaner air.The cast-iron stove she selects is low ...

Republicans in Congress aim to cut foreign aid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - From solar-powered bikes to aid for an African country that spent millions on a massive monument, Republican lawmakers on Wednesday cited lots of candidates for cutting foreign aid.Lawmakers berated foreign aid officials at a congressional hearing, highlighting the challenge ...
The money was granted under the US-run Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) which helps developing countries reduce their levels of poverty as long as they meet performance criteria on the rule of law and democratic principles.The compact signed in Washington on Monday ...

US commits 275 mln dlrs to improve Jordan water

The grant, to be signed Monday by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, will "increase the supply of available water" in the country, a State Department statement said.The project will look at the efficiency of water ...
A US government program has stopped granting development contracts to state-owned businesses from around the world in order to ensure fair competition, officials said Wednesday.The decision by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) was welcomed by Senator Jim Webb, who said it ...

US grants Philippines 434 M USD to fight poverty

The money was awarded under the US-run Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) that helps developing countries reduce their levels of poverty as long as they meet performance criteria on the rule of law and democratic principles."This compact we are signing today was ...
When I took over as the CIO at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)-a government agency designed to work with some of the poorest countries in the world-I inherited an organization with a highly mobile workforce and unacceptable levels of network security ...

5 tips for cybersecurity-training your employees

Check out these tips for boosting the effectiveness of employee cybersecurity training. When Dennis Lauer joined the Millennium Challenge Corp. as chief information officer two years ago, the young federal program's growing pains included a startling lack of security.. "Almost every ...