Almost all US Agency for International Development Agency to be placed on an administrative vacation in the middle of the night on Friday

• The United States Agency for International Development has announced the status of almost all employees on an administrative vacation that begins on Friday in the middle of the night.
• There will be exceptions for some important jobs and basic driving.
• Elon Musk said he spent the weekend in feeding the agency “in the wood cat.”

The United States Agency for International Development, or the United States Agency for International Development, will put all the direct workforce on the administrative leave that begins on Friday in the middle of the night, according to an email sent to the employees on Tuesday evening and published on the agency website.

“On Friday, February 7, 2025, 11:59 pm (EST), all direct rental employees at the US International Development Agency will be placed on an administrative vacation worldwide,” and he stated that there will be exceptions to ” The appointed employees responsible for critical jobs, the basic driving and specially specific programs. “Those who are considered necessary on Thursday afternoon will be notified.

For international employees, the agency plans to coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to arrange travel to the United States within 30 days and end unnecessary contracts. Email indicated that employees can request exceptions to personal conditions such as medical issues, pregnancy, or children’s school tables.

This announcement comes after Foreign Minister Marco Rubio stopped on January 24 from new financing licenses and sudden closure on Monday for the US Agency for International Development Agency in Washington. On Monday morning, Elon Musk, who heads the Ministry of Government, posted X that he “spent the weekend in feeding the US International Development Agency in the wood cat.”

Changes will reshape an agency that runs about 0.47 % of the federal budget in the fiscal year 2024 and supervises humanitarian programs in 65 countries, including emergency food assistance and medical services in some regions of the poorest of the world.

“I feel okay strangely. Just as they don’t have it together and they will not be any time soon,” said one of the ancient warriors at the agency at Business Insider after sending the email. “They do not know what the plan for the American Agency for International Development or the State, and it seems proud to dismantle global aid when many people depend on us all over the world for life saving services. They do nothing but create more global security problems.”

The United States Agency for International Development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the White House immediately did not respond to requests from BI.