You raise an interesting distinction between what is happening and what should happen.

This piece is not about DOGE or Musk’s hires but about the structural inefficiencies within USAID and the necessity for reform. The intent is to highlight how bureaucratic inertia weakens aid effectiveness and why modernization is not about cutting funding but ensuring it reaches those who need it most, faster and with greater accountability. Continuous improvement is essential in both public and private sectors, but when inefficiencies in an institution like USAID have real humanitarian consequences, the stakes are much higher. Reform is not optional, it is imperative.

DOGE is evolving fast just like any efficient optimization model in real time should evolve and is exposing deeper systemic inefficiencies (as I am made to believe so far) and bringing transparency. As far as grants from USAID, they have stated that it shall progress through the Department of State. Still evolving and we can track...

My work id to rationalize as much as possible and hold people accountable if/when they break trust.

(I am writing part two of this article soon)