[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 716-723]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
301 Fourth Street SW., Washington, DC 20547
Phone, 202-619-4700
Director Joseph D. Duffey
Chief of Staff Iris J. Burnett
Deputy Director Penn Kemble
Counselor Donna M. Oglesby
Executive Secretary Mary Ellen Connell
Chairman, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Lewis Manilow
Diplomacy
Vice Chairman, U.S. Advisory Commission on William Hybl
Public Diplomacy
Director, Office of Civil Rights Hattie P. Baldwin
Inspector General Marian C. Bennett
General Counsel Les Jin
Director, Office of Congressional and Douglas Wilson
Intergovernmental Affairs
Director, Office of Public Liaison Kimberly Marteau
Director, Office of Research Ann T. Pincus
Deputy Director Stephen M. Shaffer
Associate Director for Broadcasting Joseph B. Bruns, Acting
Deputy Associate Director Joseph B. Bruns
Chief of Staff Janie Fritzman
Senior Adviser Joyce Kravitz
Director, Office of Dennis D. Sokol
Administration
Director, Office of Personnel Janie Fritzman, Acting
Director, Office of Budget James Atherton
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Director, Office of Policy Steve Munson
Director, Office of International Cheryl Marlin
Training
Director, Office of Planning James Huzen
Director, Office of Program Frank Cummins
Review
Director, Office of External Joseph D. O'Connell,
Affairs Jr.
Director, Office of Engineering Robert Kamosa
and Technical Operations
Director, Voice of America Geoffrey Cowan
Director, Office of Television Charles W. Fox III
and Film Service
Director, Office of Cuba Richard Lobo
Broadcasting
Director, Radio Marti Rolando Bonachea
Director, TV Marti Antonio Dieguez
Associate Director for Information Robert Barry Fulton
Deputy Associate Director Myron L. Hoffmann
Director, Geographic Liaison Pamela H. Smith
Director, Thematic Programs C. Anthony Jackson
Director, Information Resources Judith S. Siegel
Director, Support Services Lewis Luchs
Executive Officer Kyra V. Eberle
Associate Director for Educational and Cultural John P. Loiello
Affairs
Deputy Associate Director Dell Pendergrast
Executive Director, Cultural Marie Papageorge
Property Staff Kouroupas
Staff Director, J. William Ralph H. Vogel
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
Board
Director, Office of Citizen Robert Schiffer
Exchanges
Director, Office of International Lula Rodriguez
Visitors
Director, Office of Academic Barry Ballow, Acting
Programs
Director, Office of Arts America Robin Berrington
Director, Office of Policy and David Michael Wilson
Evaluation
Executive Officer J. David Whitten
Associate Director for Management Henry Howard
Deputy Associate Director JoAnn Clifton
Director, Office of Eileen Keane Binns
Administration
Director, Office of Technology Daniel S. Campbell
Director, Office of Personnel Jan Brambilla, Acting
Comptroller, Office of the Stanley M. Silverman
Comptroller
Director, Office of Security Larry Carnahan, Acting
Director, Office of Contracts (vacancy)
Executive Officer Daniel D. Dunning
Director, Office of African Affairs Robert LaGamma
Deputy Director Cornelius Walsh
Director, Office of American Republics Affairs Donald R. Hamilton
Deputy Director John Dwyer
Director, Office of East Asian and Pacific George F. Beasley
Affairs
Deputy Director Louise Crane
Director, Office of West European and Canadian John P. Harrod
Affairs
Deputy Director C. Miller Crouch
Director, Office of East European and NIS Anne M. Sigmund
Affairs
Deputy Director Morris E. Jacobs
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Director, Office of North African, Near Eastern Kent D. Obee
and South Asian Affairs
Deputy Director William D. Cavness, Jr.
[For the United States Information Agency statement of organization, see
the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22, Part 504]
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The mission of the United States Information Agency is to understand,
inform, and influence foreign communities in promotion of the national
interest; and to broaden the dialog between Americans, their
institutions, and counterparts abroad. In support of that mission, the
Agency conducts academic and cultural exchanges, international
broadcasting, and a wide variety of informational programs. The Agency
is known as the U.S. Information Service overseas.
The legislative mandates of the United States Information Agency (USIA)
derive from the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act
of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431), and the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451). The U.S. Information and
Educational Exchange Act's purpose is to increase mutual understanding
between the people of the United States and the people of other
countries. It prohibits, with certain exceptions approved by Congress,
dissemination within the United States of materials produced by the
Agency for distribution overseas. It also requires the Agency to make
its overseas program materials available for public inspection at its
Washington, DC, headquarters. The Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act authorizes educational and cultural exchanges between the
United States and other countries as well as United States participation
in international fairs and expositions abroad.
The five executive level offices of the Agency are the Office of
Public Liaison, Office of the General Counsel, Office of Congressional
and Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Inspector General, and the
Office of Research.
Activities
The activities of the U.S. Information Agency are based on two key
premises, as follows: First, that foreign public opinion is important
and that USIA should work to understand it--with the hope that our
understanding will be a factor in policy formation; to seek to inform
others about American life and values, policies, and interests as a
nation; and, if possible, to eliminate misperception and move others to
action in ways that serve the national interest; and second, that mutual
understanding borne of people-to-people communication matters, and that
USIA should serve as a facilitator to bring Americans and their academic
and other nongovernmental sector institutions into substantive contact
with influential counterparts abroad through exchanges and other
programs.
On this basis, USIA works to:
--explain and advocate U.S. policies in terms that are credible and
meaningful in foreign cultures;
--provide information about the United States, its people, values,
and institutions;
--build lasting relationships and understanding between Americans
and U.S. institutions and their counterparts overseas through the
exchange of people and ideas; and
--advise on foreign attitudes and their implications for U.S.
policies.
To accomplish its purposes, the Agency conducts a variety of
activities overseas, including educational and academic exchanges,
international radio and television broadcasting, English teaching, the
distribution of transcripts and official texts of significant U.S.
Government policy statements, maintaining information resource centers
overseas with online reference capabilities, assisting the mass media in
bringing information about U.S. foreign policy to audiences around the
world,
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and facilitating linkages between American and foreign nongovernmental
institutions.
Functional Elements
The four major functional elements of the Agency are the International
Bureau of Broadcasting (comprised of the Voice of America, the WORLDNET
Television Service, Radio and TV Marti, Radio Free Europe (RFE), and
Radio Liberty (RL)), the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the
Bureau of Information, and the Bureau of Management.
International Broadcasting Bureau Established by the United States
International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the International Broadcasting
Bureau consists of the Voice of America, the Office of Cuba
Broadcasting, and the Television and Film Service. Beginning October 1,
1995, the Bureau will include Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
The Voice of America (VOA) is the International Broadcasting
Bureau's functional element for worldwide radio broadcasting. VOA
operates in accordance with the act of January 27, 1948, as amended (22
U.S.C. 1463) which requires that it serve as a consistently reliable,
authoritative, accurate, objective, and comprehensive news source. It
must present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant
American thought and institutions. VOA produces and broadcasts radio
programs in English and 46 foreign languages for overseas audiences, and
to over 2000 affiliate stations worldwide. Its programming includes
world and regional news, reports from correspondents on the scene,
analyses of worldwide events, feature programs, music, and editorials.
The Office of Cuba Broadcasting is located within the Voice of
America. It oversees all programming broadcast for Cuba on VOA's Radio
Marti and TV Marti programs. In keeping with the principles of the VOA
charter, both services offer their audiences accurate and objective news
reports and features on American culture and opinion. Radio Marti
broadcasts on medium and shortwave frequencies. TV Marti is available on
VHF (very high frequency) and international satellite.
The Television and Film Service is responsible for organizing and
directing the International Broadcasting Bureau's worldwide television
and film activities. The areas of responsibility encompass: producing
programs and interactive press conferences for the WORLDNET satellite
delivery system; newsfiles in English, Spanish, French, Arabic,
Ukrainian, and Russian; producing and acquiring films and videotapes for
direct projection or placement overseas; providing facilitative
assistance to visiting foreign television and film producers; operating
television news bureaus at foreign press centers; providing assistance
to foreign broadcasters in the production and telecast of cooperative
television programs; serving as the Bureau's primary point of contact
with American motion picture and television industries; and coordinating
with other U.S. and foreign government agencies on the dissemination of
information overseas through motion pictures and television.
Bureau of Information The Bureau of Information is comprised of four
offices responsible for most of USIA's information production and
support services, including: pamphlets and other special publications;
the U.S. Speakers and Professionals-in-Residence Programs;
teleconference programs, including the use of new digital video
technology; the Wireless File, a daily text and backround service;
Foreign Press Centers in Washington, New York, and Los Angeles. The
Information Bureau is structured to respond rapidly and comprehensively
to field requirements by exploiting the latest technologies and greatest
range of expertise to acquire, produce, and distribute information to
USIS field posts in support of the vital interests of the United States.
The Information Bureau focuses on representing enduring American values,
particularly individual freedom and equality under the law, and on
promoting democratization, market economics, human rights, the rule of
law and the peaceful resolution of disputes.
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Our products and services are produced and offered to the field based
on country resource allocations, country plan themes, and post
requirements.
The Office of Geographic Liaison includes six area teams: American
Republics, East Asia, Near East and South Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe/
NIS, and Western Europe, which serve as the primary contact points with
the field. The Office contains regional elements of the Wireless File.
Regional publications officers in Washington advise and assist the posts
in the development of book and related print media activities. Regional
library officers in the field advise posts on the operations of
reference and documentation centers and libraries. A Washington-based
regional librarian is assigned to each geographic unit. As part of the
total support unit, the Geographic Liaison Office works in close
cooperation with all other Information Bureau core teams and the Agency
in general. The six geographic teams are designed to be responsive to
the Agency's overseas posts and to identify and provide appropriate
products and services.
The Office of Thematic Programs is composed of six teams that
coincide with the themes represented in the Policy Office and the
country plan process. The six teams are Economic Security, Political
Security, Democracy/Human Rights, Information and Communications, U.S.
Society and Values, and Global Issues. The Thematic teams tailor
products and services to the needs of country, regional, and global
audiences.
The Office of Information Resources includes five core teams:
Foreign Press Centers, Information Resource Center (i.e., USIA library),
Publications team (including book programs), the Visual Support Services
team, and the Editorial and Copyright Services team. The teams
facilitate for the field the free flow of targeted information relevant
to influential audiences abroad, through the acquisition, production and
promotion of print materials (e.g., books and pamphlets), materials in
electronic form (e.g., CD-ROM and data banks), or through support of
overseas journalists and resident correspondents through the Foreign
Press Centers.
The Office of Support Services provides a wide array of support to
all other core teams of the Information Bureau, to field posts, and to
other Agency elements. The services from the four support teams include
administrative support, telecommunications and computer support,
printing, training, and program evaluation and development.
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs The Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs administers programs authorized by the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (the Fulbright-Hays Act),
including academic exchanges, short-term professional exchanges, youth
exchanges, cooperative projects with private organizations, and English-
teaching programs. It also provides staff support for the Presidentially
appointed J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and for the
Cultural Property Advisory Committee. The Bureau consists of four major
offices:
The Office of Academic Programs develops and coordinates a wide
variety of academic educational exchange and English language-teaching
programs. It oversees the administration of more than 7,000 grants each
year to U.S. citizens to study, teach, and conduct research abroad, and
for foreign nationals to conduct similar activities in the United
States. The best known of the exchanges supported by this office is the
Fulbright Program which operates in more than 120 countries. The Office
of Academic Programs maintains a worldwide information network about
educational opportunities in the United States, and supports programs
which enhance the experiences of foreign students enrolled in U.S.
colleges and universities. The Office also encourages and supports U.S.-
based studies at foreign universities and other institutions of higher
learning. Worldwide support for English language training is provided
through overseas-based language consultants, development of English
language teaching materials, and a variety of
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teacher training seminars and fellowships.
The Office of International Visitors arranges informative visits to
the United States for more than 5,000 influential foreign leaders each
year in such fields as government, economics, labor, journalism, the
arts, and education. Selected individuals, who are nominated by United
States Information Service posts, travel throughout the country meeting
counterparts in their fields of interest. They also meet with Americans
in their homes or other informal settings. The Office also manages the
Agency's two reception centers; serves as the Agency's liaison with the
large network of public and private organizations involved in the
international visitor program; and arranges programs in the United
States for United Nations fellows and foreign government trainees.
The Office of Citizen Exchanges provides funding to American
nonprofit institutions for international exchange and training programs
which support agency goals and objectives. Nonprofit institutions may
submit proposals only in response to requests for proposals (RFP's)
published by the Office, and these proposals are judged among others in
the competition. Programs usually involve professional, nonacademic
exchanges--often with study tours, workshops, and internships as key
components, and taking place in multiple phases overseas and in the
United States. Emphasis is usually on nontechnical themes such as
democracy-building, journalism, the role of government, or conflict
resolution. The Office also administers all high school exchange
programs sponsored by USIA, including major special initiatives in East
Europe and the former Soviet Union, and the Congress-Bundestag program
with Germany.
The Office of Arts America administers fine and performing arts
programs, sending performing arts groups and fine arts exhibitions on
overseas tours. Arts America identifies and recruits specialists in the
fields of literature, film, and the visual and performing arts to speak
at or work with host country institutions in their fields of expertise.
The Office also awards grants to American nonprofit institutions
involved in the international exchange of performing and visual artists
and encourages linkages between U.S. and foreign cultural institutions.
Arts America also represents the Agency in the Fund for U.S. Artists at
International Festivals and Exhibitions.
The Office of Policy and Evaluation provides policy analysis,
coordination, and evaluation of the activities and programs of the
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Office also analyzes
U.S. Government- funded international exchanges and training programs
with the objective of promoting better coordination among government
agencies. The Office is responsible for advising the Associate Director
on conceptual approaches to the Bureau's activities and on the
development and implementation of its policies. It coordinates
activities with the Bureau to ensure consistency of approach; evaluates
the success, strengths, and weaknesses of programs; and provides staff
support to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, which advises the
Director on U.S. efforts to curb illicit trade in artifacts.
Overseas Posts
Principally an overseas agency, USIA's work is carried out by its
foreign service officers and staff assigned to American missions abroad.
Overseas posts engage in political advocacy of American foreign policy
objectives and conduct cultural and educational exchanges and
informational activities in support of those objectives. The Agency
maintains 212 posts in 147 countries.
Sources of Information
Administrative Regulations Inquiries regarding administrative staff
manuals and instructions to staff affecting members of the public that
were issued, adopted, or promulgated on or after July 5, 1967, should be
directed to the Directives, Forms and Records Management Staff, United
States Information Agency, Washington, DC 20547. Phone, 202-619-5680.
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Contracts Contact the Office of Contracts, United States Information
Agency, Washington, DC 20547. Phone, 202-205-5498.
Employment For information concerning employment opportunities, contact
the Domestic Personnel Division, Office of Personnel, United States
Information Agency, Washington, DC 20547. Phone, 202-619-4659. For Voice
of America (VOA) and the Television and Film Service (WORLDNET TV)
employment information, contact the Office of Personnel, International
Broadcasting Bureau, United States Information Agency, Washington, DC
20547. Phone, 202-619-3117. For Office of Cuba Broadcasting, contact the
Office of Personnel, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, United States
Information Agency, Washington, DC 20547. Phone, 202-401-7114.
International Audiovisual Programs For information concerning a
certification program under international agreement to facilitate the
export and import of qualified visual and auditory materials of an
educational, scientific, and cultural character, contact the Chief
Attestation Officer of the United States, United States Information
Agency, Washington, DC 20547. Phone, 202-475-0221.
For further information, contact the Office of Public Liaison, United
States Information Agency, Washington, DC 20547. Phone, 202-619-4355.
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