[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 28, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-23976]


[Federal Register: September 28, 1994]


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ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

Announcement of the William C. Foster Fellows Visiting Scholars 
Program for the 1995-96 School Year

    The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) will conduct a 
competition for selection of visiting scholars to participate in ACDA's 
activities during the 1995-96 academic year.
    Section 28 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2568) 
provides that ``A program for visiting scholars in the field of arms 
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament shall be established by the 
Director in order to obtain the services of scholars from the faculties 
of recognized institutions of higher learning.'' The law states that 
``The purpose of the program will be to give specialists in the 
physical sciences and other disciplines relevant to the Agency's 
activities an opportunity for active participation in the arms control, 
nonproliferation, and disarmament activities of the Agency and to gain 
for the Agency the perspective and expertise such persons can offer * * 
* Fellows shall be chosen by a board consisting of the Director, who 
shall be the chairperson, and all former Directors of the Agency.'' 
Scholars are known as William C. Foster Fellows, in honor of the first 
Director of ACDA, William C. Foster, who served from the inception of 
ACDA in 1961 until 1969.
    ACDA began this program by competitively selecting six visiting 
scholars for the 1984-85 academic year. The competition has continued 
each subsequent academic year until the present. One-year assignments 
will begin at a mutually agreeable time after successful completion of 
all employment requirements.
    Positions are available in the Bureau of Strategic and Eurasian 
Affairs (SEA), the Bureau of Multilateral Affairs (MA), the Bureau of 
Intelligence, Verification and Information Support (IVI), and the 
Bureau of Nonproliferation Policy and Regional Arms Control (NP). A 
brochure is available describing these positions in detail. Evaluation 
of applicants for appointments to these positions will focus upon the 
scholar's potential for providing expertise or performing services 
needed by ACDA, rather than on the scholar's previously displayed 
interest in arms control. While pursuit of the scholar's own line of 
research may sometimes be possible, support of such activity is not the 
purpose of the program.
    Visiting scholars will be detailed to ACDA by their universities; 
the universities will be compensated for the scholar's salary and 
benefits in accordance with the Intergovernmental Personnel Act and 
within Agency limitations. Visiting scholars will also receive 
reimbursement for travel to and from the Washington, DC area for their 
one-year assignment and either a per diem allowance during the one-year 
assignment or relocation costs.
    Visiting scholars must be citizens of the United States, on the 
faculty of a recognized institution of higher learning, and tenured or 
on a tenure track or equivalent; they also must have served as a 
permanent career employee of the institution for at least ninety days 
before selection for the program. ACDA is an equal opportunity 
employer. Selections will be made without regard to race, color, 
religion, sex, national origin, age, or physical handicap that does not 
interfere with performance of duties. Prior to appointment applicants 
will be subject to a full-field background security investigation for a 
Top Secret security clearance, as required by Section 45 of the Arms 
Control and Disarmament Act. Visiting scholars will also be subject to 
applicable Federal conflict of interest laws and standards of conduct.
    To apply, candidates are asked to submit a letter outlining their 
interests and qualifications, a curriculum vitae, copies of two 
publications, and additional supporting material such as letters of 
reference. The application deadline for assignments for the 1995-1996 
academic year is January 31, 1995, subject to extension at ACDA's 
discretion. ACDA expects to announce tentative selections in the spring 
of 1995.
    To request an information brochure, please write to: Visiting 
Scholars Program, Office of Operations Analysis and Information 
Management, Room 5726, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 320 
21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20451 or call on (703) 302-7714.

    Dated: September 16, 1994.
Alfred Lieberman,
Chief of Operations Analysis and Information Management.
[FR Doc. 94-23976 Filed 9-27-94; 8:45 am]
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