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reasonable, feasible, and flexible.

Proposals should clearly demonstrate

how the institution will meet the

program’s objectives and plan. The

proposals should indicate evidence of

continuous on-site administrative and

managerial capacity.

4. Multiplier effect/impact: Proposed

programs should strengthen long-term

mutual understanding, including

maximum sharing of information and

establishment of long-term institutional

and individual connections.

5. Support of Diversity: Proposals

should demonstrate substantive support

of the Bureau’s policy on diversity.

Achievable and relevant features should

be cited in both program administration

and program content (orientation and

wrap-up sessions, program meetings,

resource materials and follow-up

activities).

6. Institutional Capacity: Proposed

personnel and institutional resources

should be adequate and appropriate to

achieve the project’s goals.

7. Institution’s Record/Ability:

Proposals should demonstrate an

institutional record of successful

exchange programs, including

responsible fiscal management and full

compliance with all reporting

requirements for past Agency grants as

determined by USIA’s Office of

Contracts. The Agency will consider the

past performance of prior recipients and

the demonstrated potential of new

applicants.

8. Follow-on Activities: Proposals

should provide a plan for continued

follow-on activity (without USIA

support) which ensures that USIASsupported programs are not isolated

events.

9. Project Evaluation: Proposals

should include a plan to evaluate the

activity’s success, both as the activities

unfold and at the end of the program. A

draft survey questionnaire or other

technique plus description of a

methodology to use to link outcomes to

original project objectives is

recommended.

10. Cost-effectiveness: The overhead

and administrative components of the

proposal, including salaries and

honoraria, should be kept as low as

possible. All other items should be

necessary and appropriate.

11. Cost-sharing: Proposals should

maximize cost-sharing through other

private sector support as well as

institutional direct funding

contributions.

12. Value to U.S.-Partner Country

Relations: Proposed projects should

receive positive assessment by USIA’s

geographic area desk and overseas

officers of program need, potential

impact, and significance in the partner

country.

Notice

The terms and conditions published

in this RFP are binding and may not be

modified by any USIA representative.

Explanatory information provided by

the Agency that contradicts published

language will not be binding. Issuance

of the RFP does not constitute an award

commitment on the part of the

Government. The Agency 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, allocated and committed

through internal USIA procedures.

Dated: January 19, 1996.

John P. Loiello,

Associate Director, Bureau of Educational

and Cultural Affairs.

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U.S. Advisory Commission on Public

Diplomacy Meeting

AGENCY: United States Information

Agency.

ACTION: Notice for the Federal Register.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Advisory

Commission on Public Diplomacy will

meet in Room 600, 301 4th Street, S.W.,

on January 25, 1996 from 9:30 a.m. to

12:00 noon.

The meeting will be closed to the

public from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.,

because it will involve discussion of

classified information relating to public

diplomacy and the Bosnian peace

process. The Commission will meet

with USNATO Public Affairs Officer

Mary Ellen Connell; Dr. Mary McIntosh,

Director, Office of European Research,

USIA; Mr. Bud Jacobs, Deputy Director,

Office of East European and NIS Affairs,

USIA; and Col. Daniel C. Deflin, Chief

of Psychological Operations and Civil

Affairs, The Joint Staff (5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1)).

The 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. portion

of the Commission’s meeting will be

open to the public and will involve

discussion of the U.S. Information

Agency’s budget with USIA’s

Comptroller Stanley Silverman.

Please call Betty Hayes, (202) 619–

4468, for further information.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Joseph Duffey,

Director.

Determination To Close a Portion of the U.S.

Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy’s

Meeting of January 25, 1996

Based on the information provided to the

United States Information Agency by the

United States Advisory Commission on

Public Diplomacy, I hereby determine that

the meeting scheduled by the Commission

for January 25, 1996 may be closed to the

public from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

The Commission has requested that its

January 25 meeting be closed from 9:30 a.m.

to 11:30 a.m., because it will involve

discussion of classified information relating

to public diplomacy and the Bosnian peace

process. The Commission will meet with

USNATO Public Affairs Officer Mary Ellen

Connell; Dr. Mary McIntosh, Director, Office

of European Research, USIA; Mr. Bud Jacobs,

Deputy Director, Office of East European and

NIS Affairs, USIA; Col. Daniel C. Devlin,

Chief of Psychological Operations and Civil

Affairs, The Joint Staff (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)).

The 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. portion of the

Commission’s meeting will be open to the

public and will involve discussion of the

U.S. Information Agency’s budget with

USIA’s Comptroller Stanley Silverman.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Joseph Duffey,

Director.

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