[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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