This report provides a summary of Department of State and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) performance and financial information for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. This Joint Summary of Performance and Financial Information, formerly known as the Citizens’ Report, is the third report in a series of three annual financial and performance reports that also includes the Agency Financial Report and the Annual Performance Report. This Summary Report provides information on both agencies’ performance in promoting greater accountability and accessibility to Congress, the American public, and other key constituencies. The Department and USAID continue to work towards planning, budgeting, and managing diplomacy and development activities to achieve greater integration and focus to further foreign policy goals and improve people’s lives around the world.
