News from June 2023


Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Bitter Travel to Canada

Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter will travel June 28-30 to Toronto and Ottawa. The Assistant Secretary will meet with embassy staff and observe consular operations in both cities. Her trip underscores our deep and sustained commitment to the protection of U.S. citizens overseas and the facilitation of legitimate travel and immigration to the United States. For updates on Assistant Secretary Bitter’s travel follow @TravelGov on Twitter.


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Vietnam

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Vietnam. During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report accessible to the public, including online. Information on debt obligations of state-owned enterprises was not publicly available. Publicly...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Somalia

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Somalia. During the review period, the government made significant progress by reviewing its budget throughout the fiscal year. The government published its executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report online within a reasonable period. Information...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Ethiopia

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Ethiopia. During the review period, the government made significant progress by ensuring its newly established sovereign wealth fund has a. sound legal framework and discloses its source of funding and general approach to withdrawals. While the government published...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Lesotho

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Lesotho. During the review period, the government made its enacted budget publicly available within a reasonable period. The government did not, however, publish its budget proposal or end-of-year report within a reasonable period. The government published information...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Comoros

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Comoros. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing its end-of-year report within a reasonable period and by reviewing its budget throughout the fiscal year. The government made its enacted budget available, but it did not make...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Gabon

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Gabon. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing its enacted budget online within a reasonable period. It did not make its executive budget proposal or its end-of-year report publicly available within a reasonable period. Only...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Zambia

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Zambia. During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report accessible to the public, including online. Publicly available budget documents provided a substantially complete picture of the government’s...


Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer Travels to Kenya

News Release: U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Ambassador Mike Hammer is traveling to Kenya June 27-30 to consult with regional and international partners on supporting continued implementation of the November 2022 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) in northern Ethiopia.


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Dominican Republic

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Dominican Republic. During the review period, the government published an executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report online within a reasonable period. Budget and information on debt obligations were widely and easily accessible to the public...



Digital Press Briefing with Cindy Dyer, Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Release: MODERATOR: Greetings from the U.S. Department of State’s Asia Pacific Media Hub. I would like to welcome journalists to today’s on-the-record briefing with Ambassador-at-Large Cindy Dyer of the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Ambassador Dyer will discuss the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report and the work the U.S. Government does to combat human trafficking in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.


12th U.S.-EU Space Dialogue Held in Brussels

News Release: Hosted by the European Union, officials from the United States and the European Union met for the 12th U.S.-EU Space Dialogue June 26-27 in Brussels, Belgium. The delegations discussed cooperation on a wide range of space activities including growing security concerns, space cybersecurity and space situational ...


12th U.S.-EU Space Dialogue Held in Brussels

Release: Hosted by the European Union, officials from the United States and the European Union met for the 12th U.S.-EU Space Dialogue June 26-27 in Brussels, Belgium. The delegations discussed cooperation on a wide range of space activities including growing security concerns, space cybersecurity and space situational ...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Pakistan

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Pakistan. During the review period, the government made its enacted budget and end-of-year report widely and easily accessible to the public, including online. It did not publish its executive budget proposal within a reasonable period. Only limited information on...


State Department discusses Determination Under Subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as Amended; Extension of Waiver Authority on June 28

The US State Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Senegal

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Senegal. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing audits of the entire annual executed budget within a reasonable period. The budget was widely and easily accessible to the public, including online. The budget was substantially...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Sao Tome and Principe

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Sao Tome and Principe.


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Senegal

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Senegal. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing audits of the entire annual executed budget within a reasonable period. The budget was widely and easily accessible to the public, including online. The budget was substantially...