Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 7938
Country/Region: Kenya
Year: 2008
Main Partner: U.S. Agency for International Development
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Own Agency
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $351,561

Funding for Management and Operations (HVMS): $351,561

"Cost of Doing Business" Assessment

In order to recoup the information technology costs incurred by staff paid through program funds, the

Agency has put a "user fee" system in place. Every user of the USAID network is being provided with

services that cost the Agency money. These services include maintenance and upgrading of mainframes

and other hardware and providing network and user technical support. Until FY 2003, all of these costs,

including those incurred by program financed staff, were paid for out of OE funds. Since there are now no

central reserves to pay for these services, they are being allocated to programs. This cost is being entered

as a separate activity in FY08 but was part of previous years' M&S budgets.