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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following determinations: Pursuant to

the authority vested in me by the Act of

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C.

2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681 et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999 (64 FR

56014), and Delegation of Authority No.

236 of October 19, 1999 (64 FR 57920),

as amended by Delegation of Authority

No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (65 FR

53795), I hereby determine that the

objects to be included in the exhibit,

‘‘Exploring the Holy Land: David

Roberts and Beyond,’’ imported from

abroad for the temporary exhibition

without profit within the United States,

are of cultural significance. The objects

are imported pursuant to a loan

agreement with a foreign lender. I also

determine that the temporary exhibition

or display of the objects at the Bowers

Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana,

California, from on or about October 6,

2001, to on or about January 9, 2002,

and possible additional venues yet to be

determined is in the national interest.

Public Notice of these determinations is

ordered to be published in the Federal

Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, including a list of

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W.

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of

the Legal Adviser, 202/619–5997, and

the address is United States Department

of State, SA–44, Room 700, 301 4th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547–

0001.

Dated: June 14, 2001.

Helena Kane Finn,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational

and Cultural Affairs, United States

Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3706]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition Determinations:

‘‘Russian Avant-Garde Drawings of the

20th Century’’

AGENCY: United States Department of

State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following determinations: Pursuant to

the authority vested in me by the Act of

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C.

2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681 et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999 (64 FR

56014), and Delegation of Authority No.

236 of October 19, 1999 (64 FR 57920),

as amended by Delegation of Authority

No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (65 FR

53795), I hereby determine that the

objects to be included in the exhibit,

‘‘Russian Avant-Garde Drawings of the

20th Century,’’ imported from abroad

for the temporary exhibition without

profit within the United States, are of

cultural significance. The objects are

imported pursuant to a loan agreement

with a foreign lender. I also determine

that the temporary exhibition or display

of the objects at the Northeast Document

Conservation Center, Andover,

Massachusetts, from on or about

October 15, 2001, to on or about

November 9, 2001, and possible

additional venues yet to be determined

is in the national interest. Public Notice

of these determinations is ordered to be

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, including a list of

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W.

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of

the Legal Adviser, 202/619–5997, and

the address is United States Department

of State, SA–44, Room 700, 301 4th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547–

0001.

Dated: June 14, 2001.

Helena Kane Finn,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational

and Cultural Affairs, United States

Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3702]

Bureau of Educational and Cultural

Affairs Request for Grant Proposals:

American Studies Institute for East

Timorese Diplomats

ACTION: Notice; Request for grant

proposals (RFGPs).

SUMMARY: The Study of the U.S. Branch,

Office of AcademicExchange Programs,

Bureau of Educational and Cultural

Affairs, announces an open competition

for an assistance award. Public and

private non-profit organizations meeting

the provisions described in IRS

regulation 26 CFR 1.501(C) may apply to

develop and implement a five-week

academic seminar on American

Constitutional Government and U.S.

Foreign Policy, which will be designed

for approximately 10 newly trained East

Timorese diplomats.

The program is intended to provide

participants with a deeper

understanding of Constitutional

government in the United States and of

American political, economic and social

institutions as they relate to the

formulation of U.S. foreign policy. The

program is five weeks in length and will

be conducted during November and

December of 2001.

The Bureau is seeking detailed

proposals from colleges, universities,

consortia of colleges and universities,

and other not-for-profit academic

organizations that have an established

reputation in one or more of the

following fields: political science,

international relations, law and

diplomacy, and other disciplines related

to the program theme.

Applicant institutions must

demonstrate expertise in conducting

post-graduate programs for foreign

educators, and must have a minimum of

four years experience in conducting

international exchange programs.

Bureau guidelines stipulate that grants

to organizations with less than four

years experience in conducting

international exchanges are limited to

$60,000. As it is expected that the

budget for these programs will exceed

$60,000, organizations that cannot

demonstrate at least four years

experience will not be eligible to apply

under this competition.

The project director or one of the key

program staff responsible for the

academic program must have an

advanced degree in one of the fields

listed above. Staff escorts traveling

under the cooperative agreement must

have demonstrated qualifications for

this service. Programs must conform

with Bureau requirements and

guidelines outlined in the Solicitation

Package. Bureau programs are subject to

the availability of funds.

Program Information

Overview and Objectives: East Timor

will join the ranks of independent

nations late in 2001 with a small staff

of foreign office employees. While these

individuals will have a basic

understanding of diplomacy and ways

in which a democracy forges a foreign

policy, they will have little practical

experience. Accordingly, the goal of this

project is to provide a select group of

foreign office professionals with an

intensive examination of the basics of

foreign policy formulation and foreign

relations using the U.S. experience as a

model. At the end of the institute,

participants should better understand

the nature of American constitutional

government, the requirements of a

successful foreign policy, and the ways

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in which foreign policy in a democratic

system is conceived, debated, and

formulated by various actors.

The American Studies Institute on

American Constitutional Government

and U.S. Foreign Policy is thus intended

to offer a group of newly-trained East

Timorese diplomats with the

opportunity to deepen their

understanding of Constitutional

government in the United States and of

how American political, economic and

social institutions affect the formulation

of U.S. foreign policy.

Ideally, the program should provide

participants with a brief overview of the

history of the United States and the

critical ideas and events that have

shaped the development of its

democratic institutions; it should

examine the fundamental principles and

provisions of the U.S. Constitution with

reference to its federal character, and to

the organization and respective powers

of the executive, legislative and judicial

branches, with particular attention to

the role that each branch plays in the

making of U.S. foreign policy; and it

should examine the U.S. foreign policy

process in light of the interaction of

government and non-government

organizations, including the various

departments and bureaucracies of

government, as well as a range of such

organizations as think tanks, lobbies, the

media, and other NGOs. Throughout the

program, foreign policy issues relating

to security, trade and political matters

should be discussed with reference to

the U.S.-Asia relationship generally, and

with reference to Indonesia and East

Timor affairs in particular.

The program should be approximately

five weeks in length and must include

an academic residency segment of at

least three weeks duration at a college

or university campus (or other

appropriate location). A study tour

segment of not more than two weeks

should also be planned and should

directly complement the academic

residency segment; the study tour

should include visits to one or two

additional regions of the United States

outside the region of the host

institution. If the host institution is

outside the Washington, DC area, the

travel portion must include at least one

week in Washington, DC.

The institute should be designed as an

intensive, academically rigorous

seminar tailored to the professional

needs and interests of what is likely to

be the first cohort of diplomats from the

new nation of East Timor. It is therefore

imperative that the seminar be

organized as a coherent and wellintegrated series of lectures, seminar

discussions, and consultations,

combined with regional travel and site

visits.

It is further expected that within the

limits of the program’s thematic focus

and organizing framework, proposals

will be designed to give participants a

multi-dimensional view of U.S. society

and institutions that includes a broad

and balanced range of perspectives. The

program should therefore include not

only the views of scholars, teachers and

foreign area research specialists, but

also those of professionals outside the

university such as government officials,

journalists, representatives of NGOs and

others who can substantively contribute

to the topics at issue.

Program Dates: Ideally, the program

should be 35 days in length(including

participant arrival and departure days)

and should begin in early November

2001.

Participants: As specified in the

guidelines in the solicitation package,

the program should be designed for a

group of 10 EastTimorese diplomats

who will have finished their

preliminary professional training in

Indonesia prior to the beginning of this

five-week seminar. They will be

interested in U.S. foreign policy issues,

especially as those issues relate to the

Asian region generally and to Indonesia

and East Timor specifically.At the

conclusion of this program, most will be

assigned to foreign missions abroad,

including the East Timor mission in

Washington, DC.

The educational level of the

participants will vary. Some will have

undergraduate degrees, while others

will have completed formal education

through the secondary level only. In

general, all participants can be expected

to have a rudimentary knowledge of

American institutions, including the

workings of the American government

and its foreign policy apparatus.

Some of the participants will be fluent

in English; most, however, will know

only Bahasa Malayu (Indonesian) and/

orPortuguese. Simultaneous translation,

which will entail additional program

costs for escort/interpreters, will

therefore be needed throughout all

phases of the program. While the

specific language for simultaneous

translation will not be known until the

final grantee cohort is identified, the

program’s structure, organization, and

schedule of activities, as well as its

general program budget, should be

developed with this requirement in

mind.

Participants will be identified and

selected by the United StatesEmbassy in

Jakarta.

Proposal Guidelines: While the

conception and structure of the institute

program is the responsibility of the

organizers, it is critically important that

proposals provide a full, detailed and

comprehensive narrative that clearly

describes the objectives of the institute;

the title, scope and content of each

session; and, how each session relates to

the overall institute theme. The syllabus

must therefore indicate the subject

matter for each lecture or panel

discussion, confirm or provisionally

identify proposed lecturers and

discussants, and clearly show how

assigned readings will support each

session. A calendar of all activities for

the program must also be included.

Overall, proposals will be reviewed on

the basis of their fullness, coherence,

clarity, and attention to detail.

Programs must comply with J–1 visa

regulations. Please refer to the

Solicitation Package for further details

on program design and implementation,

as well as additional information on all

other requirements.

Budget Guidelines

Based on groups of 10 participants,

the totalBureau-funded budget (program

and administrative) should be

approximately $130,000, and Bureaufunded administrative costs as defined

in the budget details section of the

solicitation package should be

approximately $40,000. Justifications for

any costs above these amounts must be

clearly indicated in the proposal

submission. Proposals should try to

maximize cost sharing in all facets of

the program and to stimulate U.S.

private sector, including foundation and

corporate, support. Applicants must

submit a comprehensive budget for the

entire program. The Bureau reserves the

right to reduce, revise, or increase

proposal budgets in accordance with the

needs of the program, and availability of

U.S. government funding.

Special Note: Salary for escort/interpreters

will be paid directly by the Department of

State and therefore should not be part of the

budget submission. However, escort/

interpreter housing costs and per diem

expenses throughout the program should be

included in the budget package as part of

general program costs. Two escort/

interpreters will be responsible for

simultaneous translation throughout the

entire five-week program; during the twoweek study tour, a third escort/interpreter

will join the group to assist organizers in

handling additional administrative and

logistical duties.

Please refer to the ‘‘POGI’’ in the

Solicitation Package for complete

institute budget guidelines and

formatting instructions.

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Announcement Name and Number

All communications with the Bureau

concerning this announcement should

refer to the following title and reference

number:

‘‘American Constitutional

Government and U.S. Foreign Policy’’—

ECA/A/E/USS–01–20-Bate

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request a Solicitation Package

containing more detailed award criteria,

required application forms, specific

budget instructions, and standard

guidelines for proposal preparation,

applicants should contact:U.S.

Department of State,Bureau of

Educational and Cultural Affairs,Office

of Academic Exchange Programs,Study

of the U.S. Branch,State Annex 44,ECA/

A/E/USS—Room 252,301 4th Street,

SW.,Washington, DC 20547, Attention:

William Bate.

Telephone number: (202) 619–4562

Fax number: (202) 619–6790

Internet address: wbate@pd.state.gov.

Please specify William Bate on all

inquiries and correspondence.

Interested applicants should read the

complete Federal Register

announcement before addressing

inquiries to the office listed above or

submitting their proposals. Once the

RFGP deadline has passed, Bureau staff

may not discuss this competition in any

way with applicants until after the

proposal review process has been

completed.

To Download a Solicitation Package

Via Internet

The entire Solicitation Package may

be downloaded from the Bureau’s

website at http://exchanges.state.gov/

education/rfgps/.Please read all

information before downloading.

Deadline for Proposals

All proposal copies must be received

at the Bureau of Educational and

Cultural Affairs by 5:00 p.m.Washington

DC time on Wednesday, August 22,

2001. Faxed documents will NOT be

accepted, nor will documents

postmarked but received at a later date.

It is the responsibility of each applicant

to ensure that proposals arrive by the

deadline.

Submissions

Applicants must follow all

instructions in the Solicitation Package.

The original and 13 copies of the

complete application should be sent

to:U.S. Department of State,Bureau of

Educational and Cultural

Affairs,Reference: ECA/A/E/USS–01–

20-Bate,Program Management Staff,

ECA/EX/PM, Room 534,State Annex

44,301 4th Street, SW.,Washington, DC

20547.

Applicants should also submit the

‘‘Executive Summary’’ and ‘‘Proposal

Narrative’’ sections of the proposal on a

3.5’’ diskette, formatted for DOS. This

material must be provided in ASCII

text(DOS) format with a maximum line

length of 65 characters.

Diversity, Freedom and Democracy

Guidelines

Pursuant to the Bureau’s authorizing

legislation, programs must maintain a

non-political character and should be

balanced and representative of the

diversity of American political, social,

and cultural life.‘‘Diversity’’ should be

interpreted in the broadest sense and

encompass differences including, but

not limited to ethnicity, race, gender,

religion, geographic location, socioeconomic status, and physical

challenges. Applicants are strongly

encouraged to adhere to the

advancement of this principle both in

program administration and in program

content. Please refer to the review

criteria under the ‘‘Support for

Diversity’’ section for specific

suggestions on incorporating diversity

into the total proposal. Public Law 104–

319 provides that ‘‘in carrying out

programs of educational and cultural

exchange in countries whose people do

not fully enjoy freedom and

democracy,’’ the Bureau‘‘shall take

appropriate steps to provide

opportunities for participation in such

programs to human rights and

democracy leaders of such countries.’’

Public Law 106–113 requires that the

governments of the countries described

above do not have inappropriate

influence in the selection process.

Proposals should reflect advancement of

this goal in their program contents, to

the full extent deemed feasible.

Review Process

The Bureau will acknowledge receipt

of all proposals and will review them

for technical eligibility. Proposals will

be deemed ineligible if they do not fully

adhere to the guidelines stated herein

and in the Solicitation Package. All

eligible proposals will be reviewed by

the program office. Eligible proposals

will then be forwarded to panels of

senior Bureau officers for advisory

review. Proposals may also be reviewed

by the Office of the Legal Advisor or by

other Bureau elements. Final funding

decisions are at the discretion of the

Department of State’s Acting Assistant

Secretary for Educational and Cultural

Affairs. Final technical authority for

assistance awards (grants or cooperative

agreements) resides with the Bureau’s

Grants Officer.

Technically eligible applications will

be competitively reviewed according to

the criteria stated below. Particular

weight will be given to items one and

two; all remaining criteria will be

evaluated equally.

1. Overall Quality: Proposals should

exhibit originality and substance,

consonant with the highest standards of

American scholarly and professional

practice. Program design should be

tailored to convey substantive

knowledge regarding the U.S. system of

government, including its foreign policy

processes, to a group whose knowledge

of American institutions is rudimentary.

Program elements should be coherently

and thoughtfully integrated. Lectures,

panels, and consultations, taken as a

whole, should offer a balanced

presentation of issues, reflecting both

the continuity of the American

experience as well as the diversity and

dynamism inherent in it.

2. Program Planning and

Administration: Proposals should

demonstrate careful planning. The

organization and structure of the

institute should be clearly delineated

and be fully responsive to all program

objectives. A program syllabus (noting

specific sessions supporting each

thematic or academic unit) should be

included, as should a calendar of

activities. The travel component should

not simply be a tour, but should be an

integral and substantive part of the

program, reinforcing and

complementing the academic segment.

Proposals should provide evidence of

continuous administrative and

managerial capacity as well as the

means by which program activities and

logistical matters will be implemented.

3. Institutional Capacity: Proposed

personnel, including faculty and

administrative staff as well as outside

presenters, should be fully qualified to

achieve the project’s goals. Library and

meeting facilities, housing, meals,

transportation and other logistical

arrangements should fully meet the

needs of participants.

4. Support for Diversity: Substantive

support of the Bureau’s policy on

diversity should be demonstrated. This

can be accomplished through

documentation, such as a written

statement, summarizing past and/or ongoing activities and efforts that further

the principle of diversity within the

organization and its activities. Program

activities that address this issue should

be highlighted.

5. Experience: Proposals should

demonstrate an institutional record of

successful exchange program activity,

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indicating the experience that the

organization and its professional staff

have had in working with foreign

educators.

6. Evaluation and Follow-up: A plan

for evaluating activities during the

Institute and at its conclusion should be

included. Proposals should also discuss

provisions made for possible follow-up

with returned grantees as a means of

establishing longer-term individual and

institutional linkages.

7. Cost Effectiveness: Proposals

should maximize cost sharing through

direct institutional contributions, inkind support, and other private sector

support. Overhead and administrative

components of the proposal, including

salaries and honoraria, should be kept

as low as possible.

Authority

Overall grant making authority for

this program is contained in the Mutual

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act

of 1961, Public Law 87–256, as

amended, also known as the FulbrightHays Act. The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to

enable the Government of the United

States to increase mutual understanding

between the people of the United States

and the people of other countries * * *;

to strengthen the ties which unite us

with other nations by demonstrating the

educational and cultural interests,

developments, and achievements of the

people of the United States and other

nations. * * * and thus to assist in the

development of friendly, sympathetic

and peaceful relations between the

UnitedStates and the other countries of

the world.’’

Notice: The terms and conditions

published in this RFGP are binding and may

not be modified by any Bureau

representative.

Explanatory information provided by

the Bureau that contradicts published

language will not be binding. Issuance

of this RFGP does not constitute an

award commitment on the part of the

Government. The Bureau reserves the

right to reduce, revise, or increase

proposal budgets in accordance with the

needs of the program and the

availability of funds. Awards made will

be subject to periodic reporting and

evaluation requirements.

Notification

Final awards cannot be made until

funds have been appropriated by

Congress, and allocated and committed

through internal Bureau procedures.

Dated: June 14, 2001.

Helena K. Finn,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational

and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of

State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3703]

Bureau of Educational and Cultural

Affairs Request for Grant Proposals:

Future Leaders Exchange Civic

Education Workshops

SUMMARY: The Office of Citizen

Exchanges, Youth Programs Division of

the Bureau of Educational and Cultural

Affairs announces an open competition

to conduct spring 2002 and spring 2003

Civic Education workshops for the

Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX)

program. Overall goals of the workshops

are: (1) To expose high school students

from the New Independent States (NIS)

of the former Soviet Union to federal

political processes and citizen

participation in government at the

national level; (2) to examine the

concept of effective leadership in

society through looking at positive and

negative examples and role models; and

(3) to provide students with specific

tools they can take home to aid in the

transformation of their home countries

to democratic and civil societies. Public

and private non-profit organizations

meeting the provisions described in IRS

regulation 26 CFR 1.501(c) may submit

proposals to develop and conduct a oneweek workshop in Washington, DC, in

Spring 2002 and Spring 2003 that

focuses on the basic tenets of the

Constitution and the fundamental

elements of a civil society, including the

relationship between the federal

government and state and local

governments, and the rule of law in a

civil society. Each workshop should

include approximately 110 high school

students from the NIS who are attending

school in the United States during 2001/

02 and 2002/03. Workshop participants

will be selected through an essay

contest from among a group of 1,211

students who are participating in the

Division’s FLEX program. Competitive

proposals will demonstrate a method for

substantive and specific measurement of

whether the goals listed above have

been achieved. The maximum grant

award will be $290,000. Only one grant

will be awarded. Provision of cost

sharing to maximize the number of

participants will be looked at very

favorably.

Program Information

The recipient of the grant is

responsible for developing and

conducting the Civic Education

workshop based on guidelines set forth

by the Division. The grantee

organization will also be responsible for

coordinating travel arrangements for

each participant from his/her host

community to Washington, DC and

return, and for providing room and

board for students during their time in

Washington. Proposals must

demonstrate flexibility and a

willingness to work with the

Department of State and the Bureau in

arranging certain briefings and visits, as

the opportunity arises.

Overview: These workshops should

enable participants to learn firsthand

about the federal system of government,

observe government institutions, hear

about and discuss issues on the federal

agenda, and interact with government

officials. Special attention should be

paid to those issues that will be

especially significant to people from the

former Soviet Union. The workshops

should also provide an opportunity for

participants to gain a broader

understanding of democratic concepts

and values that are such an integral part

of American society and culture, such as

citizen empowerment, volunteerism,

community action, and debate. The

program should be arranged for seven

days, including arrival and departure.

The grantee organization will be

provided with the names of the students

who will have been chosen through a

competitive essay contest. The essays

will have been reviewed by

independent, objective selectors.

Winning essays will be sent to the

grantee organization, as well.

Guidelines: The workshops should be

held in late winter or early Spring 2002

and Spring 2003. Proposals must

effectively describe the organization’s

ability to accomplish the following

essential components of the program:

1. Provide a Civic Education

workshop in Washington, DC, as

described above and held at the time

period indicated. Program components

should include sessions on federalism,

U.S. domestic and foreign policy, the

role of the media in the United States,

citizen empowerment, volunteerism and

community activism. Leadership should

be a sub-theme throughout the program

and should include the effective

exercise of leadership in the political

process.

2. Provide pre-program training for

organization staff on NIS society and

culture.