BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15582-d04486da5f28915285ef32d8295a1478@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260715T052229Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T180000 SUMMARY:“The Dismantling of USAID and the Death of Independent Government Oversi ght” DESCRIPTION:\nPaul Martin was fired from his role as USAID Inspector Gen eral after he published a report warning that the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle USAID placed more than $480 million in food and othe r commodities in danger of spoilage or theftI. In this lecture\, Martin will review the chaotic few months leading up to his termination from US AID and how his firing fits into a broader assault on independent govern ment oversight and Constitutional checks and balances.\n\nMartin served as Inspector General for USAID from January 2024 through February 11\, 2 025. He previously served for fourteen years as Inspector General for NA SA and Vice Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. He received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Penn State\, where he wa s part of The Daily Collegian\, and a law degree from Georgetown Law. Ma rtin will be introduced by fellow Penn State alumnus and former U.S. Rep resentative Charlie Dent.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu /event/the-dismantling-of-usaid-and-the-death-of-independent-government- oversight/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Paul Martin was fired from his role as USAID Inspector General after he published a rep ort warning that the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle USAID pla ced more than $480 million in food and other commodities in danger of sp oilage or theftI. In this lecture, Martin will review the chaotic few mo nths leading up to his termination from USAID and how his firing fits in to a broader assault on independent government oversight and Constitutio nal checks and balances.

Martin served as Inspector General for US AID from January 2024 through February 11, 2025. He previously served fo r fourteen years as Inspector General for NASA and Vice Chair of the Pan demic Response Accountability Committee. He received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Penn State, where he was part of The Daily Colle gian, and a law degree from Georgetown Law. Martin will be introduc ed by fellow Penn State alumnus and former U.S. Representative Charlie D ent.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/the-dismantling-of-usaid-and-the-deat h-of-independent-government-oversight/

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