News and reports from the State Department.

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: People's Republic of China.

News Release: Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tim Betts will travel to Israel September 9-13. During the trip, he will join Ambassador Nides at a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), meet with Israeli counterparts to discuss regional security and counterterrorism cooperation, and deliver remarks at the ICT’s annual summit meeting in Herzliya September 13.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Algeria. During the review period, the government made significant progress by disclosing debt of major state-owned enterprises. The government published its executive budget proposal and enacted its budget within a reasonable period but did not publish an end-of-year...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Republic of the Congo.

Explanation of Position on the Adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response

Release: Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tim Betts will travel to Israel September 9-13. During the trip, he will join Ambassador Nides at a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), meet with Israeli counterparts to discuss regional security and counterterrorism cooperation, and deliver remarks at the ICT’s annual summit meeting in Herzliya September 13.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Papua New Guinea. During the review period, the government made significant progress in three areas, by (1) ensuring the budget provided a substantially full picture by including major sources of revenue and expenditure, (2) ensuring actual revenues and expenditures...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Lebanon. During the review period, the government did not enact a budget. Therefore, it did not publish online an executive budget proposal, an enacted budget, nor an end-of-year report. Information on debt obligations, including major state-owned enterprise debt,...

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: Burundi. During the review period, the government published its enacted budget and end-of-year budget report within a reasonable period. It did not make an executive budget proposal publicly available. The government provided a substantially complete picture of its...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Chad. During the review period, the transitional government made significant progress by publishing its executive budget proposal within a reasonable period. It also published its enacted budget within a reasonable period but did not publish an end-of-year report.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Kazakhstan. During the review period, the government published its executive budget proposal and enacted budget, but not its end-of-year report, in a reasonable period. Information on debt obligations was widely and easily accessible to the public, including online,...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Afghanistan. On Aug. 15, 2021, the Taliban took over Kabul. The U.S. government has not yet decided whether to recognize the Taliban or any other entity as the Government of Afghanistan or as part of such a government. During the review period, the pre-August 15...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Uzbekistan. During the review period, the government made significant progress by including in the budget information on expenditures to support executive offices and by publishing basic information on natural resource extraction awards. The government made its enacted...