USAID's controversial Partner Vetting System's (PVS) effective date has been delayed until May 4, 2009.  The Federal Register announced the delay a day before the original deadline on April 3.  The final outcome for PVS remains undecided, but critics still warn that PVS is incomplete, unnecessary and dangerous.

For background information and detailed explanantions of why PVS is a harmful policy that should be rejected, please read the Issue Brief and an article from OMB Watch's The Watcher.