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Hello! Have you ever participated in or administered an exchange visitor or
any similar program sponsored by the United States Department of State or,
before October l999, the United States Information Agency (USIA), including
U.S. embassies abroad? If so, we're interested in hearing from you. Many of
you have first-hand experience or knowledge of how international exchange
participants have shared their U.S. experiences and understanding of U.S.
society and policies with others. We at the Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, therefore, invite our exchange program participants,
colleagues working for grantee organizations, affiliated NGOs, U.S. Embassy
staff, programming agencies, volunteers and other interested parties to
describe how our current and former program participants share their U.S.
experience and understanding of U.S. society and policies, and what personal
or institutional linkages may have been built as result of those experiences.
This information will help us assess the "real-world" impact of international
exchanges.
To be able to utilize your comments effectively, we have created a repository to capture the impact these programs have had on others. Please click the link below to be taken to a short questionnaire. Please note that submissions will be included in an open-access repository and available to the general public and therefore should not be considered confidential.
To be able to utilize your comments effectively, we have created a repository to capture the impact these programs have had on others. Please click the link below to be taken to a short questionnaire. Please note that submissions will be included in an open-access repository and available to the general public and therefore should not be considered confidential.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average
twenty (20) minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Responses to this package are voluntary. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to,
a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The U.S.
Department of State regularly monitors its international exchange programs, gathers
data about program accomplishments, and evaluates selected ones. The information gathered
is used by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
(ECA) to inform program design, management, and funding. The information collection
activity involved with the program is conducted pursuant to the mandate given to the
U.S. Department of State under the terms and conditions of the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, P.L. 87-256. Send comments regarding this burden estimate
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
the burden, to: A/RPS/DIR, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520.
Privacy Act Statement
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Evaluation Projects
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Evaluation Projects
Authorities:
The information solicited on this form is requested
pursuant to provisions in the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange
Act of 1961, Public Law 87-256, as amended, also known as the
Fulbright-Hays Act.
Purpose:
The primary purpose for soliciting the information is to assess the
effectiveness and impact of an international educational and cultural
exchange program administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs in the U.S. Department of State on individual participants to
determine if the program is meeting its goals and legislative mandate.
Personal data collected under this solicitation will be used only by
authorized State Department program managers for the sole purpose of
program follow-up or enhancement.
Routine Uses:
The information solicited on this form is made available as a routine
use to appropriate agencies, whether federal, state, local or foreign, for
law enforcement and administration purposes. The information may also be
made available to foreign governments and non-governmental organizations in
vetting the process and selection of participants and to peer review committees
of cooperating agencies for the ranking and rating process.
The submission of this information is voluntary. However, if incomplete
information is provided, authorized officials may be unable to report
accurately on the results of the exchange program. There is no effect to
the individual for failure to provide the solicited information.