News and reports from the State Department.

Release: We congratulate President-elect Joao Lourenco on his election as Angola’s next president. We look forward to working with him to strengthen the vital relationship between Angola and the United States. We will continue to collaborate closely with the Angolan government and the Angolan people to promote our shared goals as we work together to advance a more sustainable, secure, inclusive, and prosperous future.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Laos. During the review period, the government did not make its executive budget proposal or end-of-year report publicly available online. It did publish its enacted budget, though not within a reasonable period, and published a partial end-of-year report. Limited...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Azerbaijan. During the review period, budget documents were publicly available, including online. They provided a substantially complete picture of the government’s revenues. While budget documents did not fully disaggregate allocations to or earnings from state-owned...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Niger. 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 was publicly available, except for state-owned enterprise debt information.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Ukraine. During the review period, the government made its budget and information on debt obligations widely and easily accessible to the public, including online. Budget documents provided a substantially complete picture of the government’s planned expenditures...

Release: MR PATEL: Good afternoon, everybody, and Happy Friday. Welcome to this press call to preview Secretary Blinken’s upcoming travel to Mexico on Monday, September 12th for the 2022 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue. Joining us today is Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols. This call is on the record but it is.

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. The government published limited...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Benin. During the review period, the government made significant progress by establishing a new supreme audit institution that met international standards of independence. The executive budget proposal and enacted budget was widely and easily accessible to the public...

News Release: The United States is designating Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and its Minister of Intelligence, Esmail Khatib, for engaging in cyber-enabled activities against the United States and its Allies.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Vietnam. During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal and enacted budget accessible to the public, including online, but the government did not publish its end-of-year report within a reasonable period. Information on debt obligations...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Dominican Republic. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing an audit that covered the entire annual executed budget. Budget and information on debt obligations were widely and easily accessible to the public, including online.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Burma. On Feb. 1, 2021, the military staged a coup d’état that reversed fiscal transparency improvements made between 2012 and 2021. The return of military rule dramatically decreased overall fiscal transparency. While the previous government published its executive...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Gabon. During the review period, the government published its end-of-year report online within a reasonable period. It did not make its executive budget proposal or enacted budget publicly available within a reasonable period. Information on debt obligations, excluding...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Djibouti. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing the enacted budget and end-of-year report within a reasonable period. It did not publish the executive budget proposal within a reasonable period. The government published...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Yemen. During the review period, the government did not produce within a reasonable period any budget documents, including an executive budget proposal, end-of-year report, or enacted budget. The government published limited information on debt obligations. It did...