Announcement Type: New Grant.

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/PE/C0601.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.415.

Key Dates:

Application Deadline: February 9, 2006.

Executive Summary: The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for grants that support exchanges and build relationships between U.S. non profit organizations and civil society groups in Africa, East Asia, Eurasia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa, South Asia and the Western Hemisphere. U.S. public and nonprofit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit proposals that support the goals of The Professional Exchanges Program. Projects should promote mutual understanding and partnerships between key professional groups in the United States and counterpart groups in other countries through multi phased exchanges taking place over one to three years. Proposals should ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2005-12-08-E5-7073 Thu, Dec 8 2005 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2005-12-08-E5-7075

Pursuant to section 301 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as amended (22 U.S.C. 4831 et seq.), the Secretary of State has determined that recent attacks on two official motorcades in Iraq involved loss of life that was at or related to a U.S. mission abroad. Therefore, the Secretary has convened an Accountability Review Board to examine the facts and the circumstances of the attacks and to report to me such findings and recommendations as it deems appropriate, in keeping with the enclosed mandate. In these two attacks, Diplomatic Security Special Agent Stephen Sullivan was killed along with seven security contractors.

The Secretary has appointed Edward G. Lanpher, a retired U.S. Ambassador, as Chair of the Board. He will be assisted by M. Bart Flaherty, Frederick Mecke, Mike Absher, Laurie Tracy and Executive Secretary to the Board, Robert A. Bradtke. They bring to their deliberations distinguished backgrounds in government service and/or in the private s ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2005-12-08-E5-7075 Thu, Dec 8 2005 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2005-12-08-E5-7074 ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2005-12-08-E5-7074 Thu, Dec 8 2005 11:00:00 GMT