{"abstract":"The Office of Academic Programs/Advising, Teaching, and Specialized Programs Division of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information Agency announces an open competition to operate educational advising centers in the NIS, including: Erevan, Armenia; Baku, Azerbaijan; Minsk, Belarus; Tbilisi, Georgia; Almaty, Kazakstan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Chisinau, Moldova; Moscow, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg, and Vladivostok, Russia; Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; Kyiv, Ukraine; and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS regulation 26 CFR 1.501C may submit proposals for administering advising centers in the NIS. The educational advising centers would be part of USIA's worldwide network of over 450 affiliated centers. These centers provide comprehensive and unbiased information to interested students, scholars, and other individuals about study opportunities in the U.S. For applicants' information, on October 1, 1999, the Bureau will become part of the United States Department of State without affecting the content of this announcement or the nature of the program described. At that time, the Advising, Teaching, and Specialized Programs Division will be renamed the Office of Global Educational Programs.","action":null,"agencies":[{"raw_name":"UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY","name":"United States Information Agency","id":510,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/united-states-information-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/510","parent_id":null,"slug":"united-states-information-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/1999/09/30/99-25333.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"64 FR 52822","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"99-25333","effective_on":null,"end_page":52824,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":null,"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/09/30/99-25333/nis-educational-advising-centers-notice-request-for-proposals","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/99-25333?publication_date=1999-09-30","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-1999-09-30/99-25333/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":31,"last_updated":"2026-04-18 22:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-09-30/pdf/99-25333.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"1999-09-30","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/1999/09/30/99-25333.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-09-21T10:24:04Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":52822,"subtype":null,"title":"NIS Educational Advising Centers; Notice; Request for Proposals","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":64}