The Automated Directives System (ADS)
The ADS is USAID's directives management program. Agency policy directives; required procedures; and helpful, optional material are drafted, cleared, and issued through the ADS. Agency employees must adhere to these policy directives and required procedures.
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The ADS contains
- Agency-created policy directives and required procedures.
- Governing external laws, Executive Orders, and regulations.
- USAID external regulations in the CFR.
- Optional, helpful information and examples of best practices.
- Sample documents and how-to guidelines.
- Policy Notices (Interim Updates).
- AID Handbook chapters that are still valid.*
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The ADS web site is an online, real-time portal to the most recent versions of ADS chapters and internally created references, Interim Updates, and links to external references.
The ADS home page and each Series web page have a red INFO box on the right side of the screen. This box contains links to four helpful documents.
- What’s New in the ADS links to a detailed list of material that was posted to the ADS web site each month.
- About the ADS links to a brief explanation of what you’ll find in the ADS, how to access the ADS, and how to sign up for a class on the ADS.
- External Reference Links takes you to an alphabetical listing of the most frequently used external references mentioned in the ADS. External references are governing regulations published externally to USAID, such as FAM/FAH, USC, CFR, and PL. By clicking on the FAM/FAH link, you’ll be taken to the U.S. Department of State FAM/FAH web site, which lists all the current FAMs/FAHs. If you are looking for a specific document or a particular section of a document that is referenced in the ADS, click on the link called "....referenced in the ADS."
- Who to Contact provides the names and numbers of the people involved in writing, producing, and distributing the ADS. This includes the ADS Authors and the Editors in the Directives Shop.
*See the Handbook Status page for specifics. This page provides the reader with status information on each AID handbook and links the reader to those still valid handbook chapters.
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