Fellowships for graduate students, offered by George Washington University, are provided by AED. GreenCOM, sponsored by AED, is the strategic environmental communication project of the U.S. Agency for International Development, providing services to USAID missions and environmental and agricultural program managers worldwide. AED was a major partner in USAID's "DOT-COM Alliance," leading the dot-ORG program (one of the three programs). Controversy Executive compensation In 2009, AED drew criticism when it was revealed that then-President Stephen Moseley was paid US$879,530 in total compensation in 2007. Moseley said his 2007 compensation, which included "catch-up" payments into an executive pension fund for prior years, was "in line" with competitors. Moseley announced his January 2011 retirement in November 2010. USAID suspension In December 2010, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, suspended AED from being awarded new federal service contracts from USAID for 12 to 18 months due to evidence of "serious corporate misconduct" revealed after investigations of the agency's expenditures in Pakistan and Afghanistan. At that time AED had 65 contracts and grants through USAID totaling $640 million. Settlement agreement with US government On June 30, 2011, AED signed a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in which it agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle false claims act allegations. According to the U.S. Government, AED had failed to provide proper oversight and management of USAID projects in the semi-autonomous tribal regions of Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan. As a result, the U.S. Government received substandard service and products at inflated prices. The Department of Justice also alleged that executives at the Washington, D.C., office of AED did not properly disclose information about overcharges and other financial mismanagement. Transfer of all AED programs to FHI 360 Concurrent with the settlement agreement AED executed a transfer of virtually all of its existing programs and employees to another USAID contractor NGO, Family Health International. The AED programs combined with FHI to create a new entity, FHI 360. With that, AED effectively ceased to exist. See also Youth Innovation Fund NICHCY National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities References External links Academy for Educational Development official website. CitizenAudit.org AED entry, including several Form 990 tax documents. Internet Archive's Wayback Machine archive of the AED website. Organizations established in 1961 International educational charities Educational charities based in the United States Charities based in Washington, D.C. Development charities based in the United States Dupont