The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, acting in the capacity of the Deputy Secretary of State, approved on July 19, 2006, the FY 2006 funding recommendations of the Advisory Committee for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. The FY 2006 Title VIII Program grants were awarded in late

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

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), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State has renewed the Charter of the Overseas Security
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Advisory Council. This advisory council will continue to interact on overseas security matters of mutual interest between the U.S. Government and the American private sector. The Council's initiatives and security publications provide a unique contribution

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Title of Information Collection: Petition for Classify Special Immigrant Under INA 203(b)(4) as an Employee or Former Employee of the U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Title of Information Collection: Application for Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Title of Information Collection: Choice of Address and Agent for Immigrant Visa Applicants.

OMB Control Number: 14050126.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Title of Information Collection: Application for A, G, or NATO Visa.

OMB Control Number: 14050100.

Type of

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Title of Information Collection: Supplemental Registration for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

OMB Control Number:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

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), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State (the Department) is issuing a final rule to implement the certification and declaration provisions of the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the Convention) and the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (the IAA) with respect to adoption and custody proceedings

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

By final rule adopted May 19, 2005, 70 FR 28815, the Department of State amended its regulations and extended the permitted program duration from three to five years for professor and researcher participants in the Exchange Visitor Program. This rule also established clear eligibility requirements for repeat participation as a professor or

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

Pursuant to section 561 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109 102) (FOAA), and Department of State Delegation of Authority Number 289, I hereby determine that the proposed project, a longterm 10 million euro EBRD loan to [Scaron]tark, a.d., a leading Serbian confectionary

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

Pursuant to section 561 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109 102) (FOAA), and Department of State Delegation of Authority Number 289, I hereby determine that the proposed regional project, an up to 105 euro investment in Europolis 3, a regional commercial real estate equity

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

Announcement Type: New Cooperative Agreement.

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/A/E0701.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 00.000.

Key Dates:

Application Deadline: January 5, 2007.

Executive Summary: The Office of Academic Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

This notice announces several meetings of the International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC).

The International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet to prepare advice on proposed U.S. contributions to the Permanent Executive Committee of the Organization of American States Inter American Telecommunication Commission

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law will hold a study group to discuss the various proposals on consumer protection which have been made in connection with the Organization of American States' Seventh InterAmerican Specialized Conference on Private International Law. The meeting will take place Thursday,

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Title of Information Collection: Nonimmigrant V Visa Application.

OMB Control Number: 14050128.

Type of Request:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

Announcement Type: New Grant.

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/PE/C/PY0710.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 00.000.

Application Deadline: December 13, 2006.

Executive Summary: The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

Announcement Type: New Cooperative Agreement.
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Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/A/E/USS07SUSI.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.418.

Key Dates: Application Deadline: December 8, 2006.

Executive Summary: The Branch for the Study of the United States, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

Summary: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State proposes to create a new system of records, STATE72, pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A130, Appendix I. The Department's report was filed with the Office of Management and Budget on

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

In accordance with sections 3 and 6 of the Clean Diamond Trade Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 10819) and Section 2 of Executive Order 13312 of July 29, 2003, the Department of State is identifying all the Participants eligible for trade in rough diamonds under the Act, and their respective Importing and Exporting Authorities, and revising the previously

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

Pursuant to section 654(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, notice is hereby given that:
(1) On August 18, 2006, the President made a determination pursuant to section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended; and (2) The President has concluded that publication of such determination would be harmful to the

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

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), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

On October 11, 2006, Notice was published in the Federal Register (volume 71, number 196, 5984958951) pertaining to the reporting of ``Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Scoping Meetings and Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement; Transcanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.'' The referenced notice is hereby

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State is proposing to update and amend its regulations on deaths and estates in 22 CFR part 72. The existing regulations were originally issued in 1957. They needed to be redrafted in plain language and changed to reflect changes in State Department statutory authority and current practice. Sections 234 and 235 of the James W.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department