Initiatives are a special category of activities that are mandated by law, congressional directives, presidential pledge, etc.
Initiatives are essentially non-discretionary types of activities and expenditures.
The most obvious is the interagency nature of these activities, which requires frequent meetings by all participating agencies during the course of the year. Another is the need to do grants, contracts, interagency agreements and transfers to field missions, other bureaus, and other USG agencies, as funding decisions are made on a rolling basis over the course of the year. Visit our contact page to find the appropriate resource.