ANNOUNCEMENT

Ways and Means
Committee hearing

The House Ways and Means Committee will be conducting a public hearing next week on House Bill 11-394 that will seek to establish a Qualifying Tax Certificate Program to be administered by the Commonwealth Development Authority.

The town meeting will be held on Thursday, July 22 at 10 AM in the House chamber at Capitol Hills.

The following witnesses are asked to be present in this hearing: Finance Sec. Lucy DLG Nielsen, Commerce Sec. Frank Villanueva, CDA Executive Director Marylou Ada, acting Attorney General Maya B. Kara, HANMI President Ron D. Sablan, Saipan Chamber of Commerce President Kerry M. Deets and SGMA Executive Director Richard A. Pierce.

Interested parties are also welcomed to attend this hearing. Witnesses are asked to submit written testimony to the Committee as soon as possible.

Woodrow Wilson Int’l.
Center for Scholars

The Woodrow Wilson International Center awards approximately 20 fellowships annually in an international competition to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of social sciences and humanities on national or international issues-topics that intersect with questions of public policy.

Projects should have relevance to the world of public policy, and fellows should be prepared to interact with policy makers in Washington and with the Wilson Center staff working on similar issues.

Applications from any country are welcome. Men and women with outstanding capabilities and experience from a wide variety of backgrounds (including government, the corporate world, and professions, as well as academia) are eligible for appointment. For academic participants, eligibility is limited to the postdoctoral level, and normally it is expected that academic candidates will have demonstrated their scholarly development by publication on beyond the Ph.D. dissertation. For other applicants, an equivalent level of professional achievement is expected.

The Center also wants to support projects that help frame the context for some of our key public policy debates.

In order to foster a true community of scholars, the Woodrow Wilson Center prefers its fellows to be in residence for the entire U.S. academic year (September through May), although a few fellowships are available for shorter periods with a minimum of four months.

The Center’s limited funds make it desirable for most applicants to seek supplementary sources of funding. The average support is approximately $44,000, inclusive of travel expenses and 75 percent of health insurance premiums for fellows, their spouses, and their dependent children.

The Center holds one round of competitive selection per year. The deadline for application is October 1, 1999. Decisions on appointment will be made by early April 2000.

For more information, please write to The Fellowship Office, The Woodrow Wilson Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20004-027; or call (202) 691-4170 or fax to (202) 691-4001.