Department of Administration and Finance

The Department of Administration and Finance:

• Plans and directs all activities related to financial management and budgeting.
• Manages MCC’s human resources.
• Oversees information technology infrastructure and services.
• Enters into and manages all MCC contracts, acquisitions, and grants.
• Preserves personnel and physical security.
• Coordinates and manages MCC’s facilities and provides administrative services.
• Maintains official corporate records.
• Coordinates audit interactions with the Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office.
• Coordinates and ensures timely and relevant performance data on compact programs.

Administration and Finance has seven divisions:

• Administrative Services
• Contracts and Grants Management
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Information Technology
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Security

Department of Compact Operations

The Department of Compact Operations:

• Manages the day-to-day operational relationship with countries eligible to develop compacts and with countries that have signed compacts with MCC and are implementing programs;
• Assists partner countries to identify constraints to economic growth and to prioritize investments to address these constraints;
• Identifies, in partnership with countries, potential areas for collaboration with other development agencies and the private sector;
• Provides technical and regional expertise to ensure rigorous oversight of USG resources;
• Promotes MCC core standards of accountability by providing technical expertise in education, fiscal accountability, infrastructure, agriculture, land policy, procurement, environmental, social assessment, gender integration, private sector engagement, and health; and
• Tracks and reports on the performance of MCC compact programs by collecting and analyzing performance measurement data.

DCO divides the management of the MCC compact portfolio into three regional divisions (Europe, Asia, the Pacific and Latin America; East & Southern Africa; and West Africa) and one technical services division. DCO overseas the MCC staff residing in MCC missions in compact countries. Washington-based DCO specialists travel to compact countries to offer technical support.

Department of Congressional and Public Affairs

The Department of Congressional and Public Affairs manages MCC’s relationship with:

• The U.S. Congress
• Other U.S. Government Agencies
• The media
• Universities
• Non-governmental organizations
• Think tanks
• The private sector
• Other key groups interested in MCC’s mission.

This office also:

• Handles all media inquires and interview requests.
• Manages the MCC speakers bureau.
• Coordinates all public events.
• Serves as a liaison to staff of MCC’s Board of Directors.
• Maintains the public web site.
• Maintains the internal web site.
• Disseminates information to the public via statements, press releases and speeches.

Department of Policy and Evaluation

The Department of Policy and Evaluation:

• Manages MCC’s annual country eligibility process for compact and threshold programs;
• Oversees the development and implementation of MCC Threshold Programs;
• Coordinates and integrates policy improvement into MCC’s compact and threshold operations;
• Manages the technical economic analysis and evaluation methods that underpins MCC’s engagement with partner countries, including the development and conduct of rigorous independent evaluations of MCC programs;
• Manages MCC’s learning and results agenda by monitoring trends in global development policy and sharing lessons learned and best practices internally, internationally, and among USG agencies; and
• Ensures effective donor coordination.

The Department of Policy and Evaluation has four divisions:

• Development Policy
• Cooperation and Policy Improvement
• Economic Analysis
• Monitoring and Evaluation

Office of the General Counsel

The Office of the General Counsel:

• Provides advice to MCC’s Board of Directors and MCC staff on all legal issues affecting MCC, its programs, policies and procedures.
• Advises the department of Policy and International Relations on all aspects of country eligibility, the threshold country program and other PIR initiatives.
• Provides legal advice to transaction teams developing compact programs; addresses and resolves legal issues associated with compact program .development; conducts and evaluates due diligence on country proposals; conducts compact negotiation, and assists with legal aspects of compact implementation.
• Provides advice to the Department of Administration & Finance on all issues affecting the internal operation of MCC, including personnel law, government contracts, fiscal law, information technology, and corporate records management.
• Advises the Department of Congressional and Public Affairs on matters of statutory interpretation, interagency agreements and communications, and other public initiatives.
• Performs the function of Secretary to the MCC Board of Directors.
• Manages MCC’s ethics program, providing related training and guidance to staff.