{"id":18517,"date":"2025-03-21T18:01:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T18:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=18517"},"modified":"2025-03-21T18:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T18:01:53","slug":"trump-administration-weighs-blockchain-integration-to-restructure-usaid-boost-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=18517","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Weighs Blockchain Integration To Restructure USAID, Boost Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Trump administration is proposing a revamp of the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.benzinga.com\/markets\/25\/02\/43579182\/judge-blocks-trumps-bold-usaid-layoff-plan-saving-2200-workers-major-setback-for-america-first-agenda\">U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a> (USAID) that could see blockchain technology implemented to improve how foreign aid is tracked and allocated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000195-b000-d8a1-a3b7-f33601720000\">document <\/a>circulating within diplomatic circles, officials are advocating for blockchain to underpin a new procurement system aimed at strengthening transparency and oversight in how USAID distributes funds.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed plan suggests leveraging blockchain to secure and track disbursements, though specifics regarding the technology&#8217;s architecture\u2014whether public, private or hybrid\u2014are yet to be disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The document argues this system could incentivize aid partners to focus on meaningful outcomes, shifting away from box-ticking exercises tied to project activities. <\/p>\n<p>The broader strategy is part of a sweeping reform to address what Trump officials have long called inefficiencies within USAID.<\/p>\n<p>USAID, responsible for delivering U.S. foreign aid and development programs globally, has recently come under scrutiny from the Trump administration. <\/p>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/03\/44441189\/trump-administration-weighs-blockchain-integration-to-restructure-usaid-boost-accountabili\" alt=\"Trump\" administration weighs blockchain integration to restructure usaid boost accountability>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration is proposing a revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that could see blockchain technology implemented to improve how foreign aid is tracked and allocated. What Happened: According to a document circulating within diplomatic circles, officials are advocating for blockchain to underpin a new procurement system aimed at strengthening transparency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-18517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}