(4) Office of Administration. (i) Director. (ii) Deputy Director. (iii) Director of Administrative Services. (iv) Deputy Director of Administrative Services. (v) Director of Administrative Support and Review. (vi) General Supply Officer. (vii) Auditor. (viii) Chief of Travel Section. (ix) Procurement Agents. (5) Office of Financial Management. (i) Director. (ii) Director, Contracts Division. (iii) Director, Accounting and Finance Division. (iv) Director, Budget Division. (6) Office of Medical Programs. (i) Director. (ii) Deputy Director. (iii) Chief of Medical Processing. (7) Office of Planning, Program Review, and Research. (i) Director. (ii) Deputy Director. (8) Office of Evaluation. (i) Director. (ii) Deputy Director. (9) Office of Volunteer Support. (i) Director. (ii) Deputy Director. em (iii) Director of Volunteer Travel. (10) All special Government ployees shall submit a statement of employment and financial interest on the standard form provided by the Personnel Division for that purpose. Special Government employees shall report all employment other than with the Peace Corps and all financial interests which relate either directly or indirectly to their duties and responsibilities. Each special Government employee shall keep his statement current throughout his employment by the submission of supplementary statements as necessary. (c) The information required of regular employees may be submitted on standard forms which are available from the Personnel Division. Detailed instructions are set forth on the back of the forms. These forms should be submitted directly to the Director or Deputy Director of the Personnel Division who will review them, consulting with the General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel as necessary. These officials shall maintain the statements in the strictest confidence and shall not allow access to, or allow information to be disclosed from, a statement except to carry out the purposes of this part. (d) The interest of a spouse, minor child, or other member of a regular or special employee's immediate household is considered to be an interest of that employee. For the purpose of this section, "member of an eriployee's immediate household" means those blood relations who are residents of the employee's household. (e) If any information required to be included on a statement of employment and financial interest or supplementary statement, including holdings placed in trust, is not known to an employee or special employee but is known to another person, he is required to request that other person to submit information on his behalf. (f) Regular or special employees are not required to submit in a statement of employment and financial interests or supplementary statements any information about their connection with or interest in a professional society or a charitable, religious, social, fraternal, recreational, public service, civic, or political organization not conducted as a business enterprise. For this purpose, educational and other institutions doing research and development or related work involving grants of money from or contracts with the Government are considered business enterprises and are required to be included in a regular or special employee's statement of employment and financial interests. (g) The statements of employment and financial interests and supplementary statements required are in addition to, and not in substitution for or in derogation of, any similar requirement imposed by law, order, or regulation. (h) If a statement submitted under this part or information from other sources indicates a conflict or the appearance of a conflict between the interests of a regular or special Government employee and the performance of his services for the Government and if the conflict cannot be resolved at a lower level in the agency, the information on the conflict or apparent conflict will be reported to the Director through the General Counsel. The employee or special Government employee concerned will be provided an opportunity to explain the situation. (i) When after consideration of the explanation of the employee or special Government employee furnished under paragraph (h) of this section, the Director decides that remedial action is required, he must take immediate action to end a real or apparent conflict of interest, or take preventive action to forestall a potential conflict. Such action may include, but is not limited to, changing assigned duties, requiring the employee or special employee to divest himself of a conflicting interest, taking disciplinary action, or disqualifying or accepting the self-disqualification of the employee or special Government employee for a particular assignment. (j) A regular employee who believes that his position has been improperly included under Peace Corps regulations as one requiring the submission of a statement of employment and financial interests shall be given an opportunity for review through the Peace Corps' grievance procedures to determine whether the position has been improperly included. Sec. 302.1 302.2 302.3 302.4 PART 302-ORGANIZATION Introduction. Central and field organization, established places at which, the officers from whom, and the methods whereby the public may secure information, make submittals, or request, or obtain decisions; and statements of the general course and method by which its functions are channeled and determined. Rules of procedure, description of forms available or the places at which forms may be obtained, and instructions as to the scope and content of all papers, reports, or examinations. Substantive rules of general applicability adopted as authorized by law, and statements of general policy or interpretation of general applicability formulated and adopted § 302.2 Central and field organization, established places at which, the officers from whom, and the methods whereby the public may secure information, make submittals, or request, or obtain decisions; and statements of the general course and method by which its functions are channeled and determined. (a) The following are statements of the central and field organization of the Peace Corps: (1) Central Organization—(i) Director. As head of the Peace Corps, the Director is responsible to the Secretary of State for all the activities of the agency. He is assisted by a Deputy Director and several staff units. (ii) Regional Offices for Africa; East Asia and Pacific; Latin America; and North Africa, Near East and South Asia. These offices are responsible for the negotiation, establishment, and operation of Peace Corps projects overseas. They also provide, on behalf of the Director, policy guidance and immediate supervision to Peace Corps staff and operations overseas. (iii) Office of Administration. This office develops management policies and objectives for the Peace Corps and is responsible for auditing, personnel administration, administrative services, and management planning. (iv) Office of Contracts. This office negotiates and administers Peace Corps service contracts for such purposes as training, overseas administration, and research. (v) Office of Controller. This office is responsible for all budget and fiscal matters. (vi) Office of Evaluation and Research. This office conducts a systematic program evaluation designed to strengthen the processes of selection, training, and overseas utilization of volunteers. It also conducts research programs. (vii) Office of General Counsel. This office provides advice and opinions on all legal matters with which the Peace Corps is concerned. (viii) Office of Medical Programs. This office is responsible for assuring that effective attention is paid to health considerations at each stage of planning and operations, including health evaluation of projects, physical examination of volunteers, and health care and instruction during training and overseas service. (ix) National Voluntary Service Programs. This program encourages and assists other countries in the development of Peace Corps-type programs, both for domestic and international service. (x) Office of Planning and Program Review. This office reviews, coordinates, and helps develop all Peace Corps programs overseas. It advises the Director on long-range Peace Corps goals and on planning and programming systems relating to the effective use of Volunteers abroad: (xi) Office of Public Affairs. This office makes available throughout the United States knowledge of the opportunities for service and the requirements and conditions of service of the Peace Corps Volunteer. (xii) Office of Public Information. This office serves as the central spokesman of the Peace Corps regarding its programs, needs and accomplishments, and responds to requests for information on these subjects. (xiii) School Partnership Program. This program is designed to coordinate and expand the number of partnerships between American schools and communities overseas in a program of self-help school construction. (xiv) Office of Selection. This office is responsible for the development and implementation of all policy and procedures for the selection of Peace Corps Volunteers, from receipt of application to overseas departure. (xv) Office of Training and Staff Training Center. This office plans, organizes, and implements training projects with the purpose of providing Peace Corps countries with a complement of Volunteers and staff to perform the functions required by host countries. (xvi) Office of Volunteer Support. This office provides administrative support for and liaison with Volunteers and is responsible for policies related to Volunteer service. (2) Domestic Field Organization— (i) Recruiting Offices. Western Recruiting Office, 630 Sansome Street (Room 749), San Francisco, Calif. 94111. Midwest Recruiting Office, 205 West Wacker Drive (Room 1510), Chicago, Ill. 60606. The above offices, under the direction of the Office of Public Affairs, provide regional recruiting services for the Peace Corps. (ii) Training Centers. Puerto Rico Training Center, Federal Government Building (Room 225), Post Office Box 3166, San Juan, P.R. 00904. Virgin Islands Training Center, Frederiksted, St. Croix (Box 1517), U.S. Virgin Islands 00840.. These centers are operated directly by the Peace Corps, under the direction of the Office of Training. These training facilities are designed to provide field experiences in community development, practice teaching and related activities for Peace Corps trainees. (3) Foreign Field Organization—(i) Africa Region. Botswana, Gaberones. Cameroon, Yaounde. Chad, Fort Lamy. Dahomey, Cotonou (to open January 1968). Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. Gabon, Libreville. Ivory Coast, Abidjan. Lesotho, Maseru (to open December 1967). Sierra Leone, Freetown. Tanzania, Dar es Salaam. Uganda, Kampala. Upper Volta, Ougadougou (to open October 1967). (ii) East Asia and Pacific Region. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. (iii) Latin American Region. Bolivia, La Paz. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. British Honduras, Belize. Chile, Santiago. Colombia, Bogota. Costa Rica, San Jose. Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo. El Salvador, San Salvador. Uruaguay, Montevideo. Windward-Leeward Islands, Bridgetown (Barbados). (iv) North Africa, Near East and South Asia Region. Aghanistan, Kabul. (b) Any person desiring information Forms regarding the following listed |