USAID Suspends IRD, Its Largest Nonprofit Contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced Monday that it has suspended one of its largest nonprofit contractors, International Relief and Development (IRD), from federal work after investigators found “serious misconduct” in the nonprofit’s performance and management of taxpayer money. The suspension comes after months of internal USAID reviews of IRD’s performance in the field and reports from the agency’s inspector general that the nonprofit allegedly mischarged millions of dollars in overhead costs.