(a) Performs such duties and exercises such powers as the Director may prescribe.

(b) Acts for, and exercises the powers of, the Director during his absence or disability or during a vacancy in that office.

(c) Assists the Director in planning and and executing all Agency responsibility vested in the Director by the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.

(d) Recommends to the Director plans, programs, and policies for ensuring that the Agency will have the capacity to provide the essential scientific, economic, political, legal, social, psychological, military, and technological information upon which realistic disarmament policy must be based.

§ 603.12 General Advisory Committee.

The Committee, composed of no more than 15 members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, meeting at least twice each year.

(a) Advises the Director on arms control and disarmament policies and activities and in the formulation of the broad outlines of arms control and disarmament policy.

(b) From time to time advises the President, the Secretary of State, and the Director respecting matters affecting arms control, disarmament, and world peace.

§ 603.13

Disarmament Advisory Staff.

(a) Coordinates, develops, and formulates for submission to the Director basic policy recommendations as generated within the Agency on all aspects of arms control and disarmament. Assists the Director in preparing ACDA policy proposals, with supporting documentation, for submission to the Committee of Deputies and the Committee of Principals.

(b) Maintains liasion with the Department of State Policy Planning Council, and with the intelligence community.

(c) Provides the chairman of the Agency Research Council, responsible for promoting and coordinating the comprehensive and balanced program of research needed by the Government for arms control and disarmament policy formulation.

(d) Advises on all scientific and technological aspects of arms control and disarmament matters initiated in ACDA and in other Government agencies.

(e) Provides the chairman of the Agency Program Planning Staff, responsible for developing a multiyear financial and program plan to assure that results commensurate with costs ensue from Agency research activities.

(f) Provides staff assistance for meetings of the Agency Research Council and, as may be required, for meetings of the Committee of Deputies, the Committee of Principals, and the General Advisory Committee.

(g) Advises the Director on the broadest aspects of arms control and disarmament matters. Participates in an advisory capacity at disarmament conferences, and at meetings with representatives of Allied governments for the development of Allied positions.

§ 603.14 Research Council.

The Council, composed of a Chairman designated by the Director; the heads of the Bureaus of Weapons Evaluation and Control, International Relations, Science and Technology, and Economics; and the heads of the Offices of the Disarmament Advisory Staff, the General Counsel, and the Executive Director:

(a) Promotes and coordinates a comprehensive and balanced U.S. arms control and disarmament research program, including the contract and staff studies of ACDA and other Government agencies;

(b) Keeps fully informed on all ACDA staff studies and, as it deems necessary and appropriate, proposes the initiation of such studies;

(c) Develops for recommendation to, and implementation by, the Director, a unified ACDA contract research program which will incorporate and coordinate the efforts of the individual Bureaus and Offices, together with the expressions of differing views from the individual Bureaus and Offices, to assure an adequate and well-balanced program within the limits of available funds and in a context of the overall Government program of research in the field of arms control and disarmament;

(d) Exercise primary authority within the Agency for:

(1) Assuring liaison with other agencies with respect to research activities in the field of arms control and disarmament matters by other agencies;

(2) Compiling and preparing the periodic consolidated report on research

in the field of arms control and disarmament for the approval of, and transmittal and distribution by, the Director.

§ 603.15

The Public Affairs Adviser.

(a) Plans and implements a public information program designed to keep public opinion accurately informed of United States disarmament policies and objectives;

(b) Plans, prepares, and releases appropriate information on U.S. policies and actions on arms control and disarmament matters to foreign and domestic news media representatives and to interested nongovernmental groups, organizations, and institutions;

(c) Cooperates with other U.S. Governmment agencies in coordinating governmental public information activities bearing on arms control and disarmament matters;

(d) Participates, as the Director may instruct, in the formulation of arms control and disarmament policies and programs, and advises the Director on the public information aspects of such policies and programs;

(e) Provides to the U.S. Information Agency official U.S. positions and policy on arms control and disarmament matters for dissemination abroad;

(f) Serves frequently as a member of U.S. delegations to international conferences relating to arms control and disarmament, to advise the chief of delegation concerning informational treatment of arms control and disarmament matters, and to serve as spokesman for such delegations.

§ 603.16

Assistant Director, International Relations Bureau.

(a) Serves as principal adviser to the Director concerning international relations aspects and implications of arms control and disarmament objectives, policies, proposals, and negotiations to broader foreign policy considerations;

(b) Assists in the formulation of arms control and disarmament objectives, policies, and proposals from the standpoint of their international relations aspects and implications and their relationship to broader foreign policy considerations;

(c) Recommends the political approach to be taken in advancing U.S. arms control and disarmament objectives and proposals in negotiations and discussions with other governments, in

cluding direct negotiations and discussions and those taking place in the United Nations and other international bodies;

(d) Designates, under the authority of the Director, members and advisers of U.S. delegations to international negotiations and discussions on arms control and disarmament. Is available to lead or participate as a member of such delegation;

(e) Undertakes preparations for and, as appropriate, directs U.S. participation in international negotiations and discussions on arms control and disarmament. In this connection, develops and issues or approves for issuance appropriate background papers, position papers, instructions, and other communications for U.S. participation in such negotiations and discussions;

(f) Maintains continuing liaison with representatives of other governments and international organizations respecting arms control and disarmament;

(g) Plans and directs research and analysis concerned with international relations aspects and implications of arms control and disarmament and ensures adequate consideration of such matters in connection with research and studies undertaken by other bureaus and offices;

(h) Performs analytical and historical research. Prepares or participates in the preparation of, research reports, studies, and memoranda concerning political, economic, military, legal, social, psychological, scientific, and technical factors influencing arms control and disarmament matters;

(i) Maintains continuing liaison with appropriate officials of the Department of State and other Departments and Agencies with respect to all the foregoing, and specifically with respect to coordination of recommendations, positions, and instructions having to do with arms control and disarmament negotiations and discussions;

(j) Compiles and edits the annual publication of Documents on Disarmament and the Disarmament Documentation Series Chronologies.

§ 603.17 Assistant Director, Science and Technology Bureau.

(a) Conducts a program of research on the scientific and technical aspects of arms control and disarmament responsive to the needs of both negotiation and policy formulation;

(c) Participates, as requested, in studies conducted by other Bureaus which require scientific or technical data and evaluation and furnishes scientific assistance for international arms control and disarmament negotiations;

(d) As required, serves as an adviser to U.S. delegations to international conferences and may serve as spokesman for the U.S. Government in matters of science and technology concerned with arms control and disarmament;

(e) Coordinates scientific research related to arms control and disarmament between the Agency and other interested Government agencies.

§ 603.18 Assistant Director, Weapons Evaluation and Control Bureau.

(a) Conducts on a continuing basis weapons and control systems studies, analyses, and research efforts that are relevant to evaluating and providing guidance on ACDA and other positions and proposals in terms of military implications and effects upon United States and Sino-Soviet bloc capabilities, and the overall military environment, and that are responsive to the needs of both negotiation and policy formulation;

(b) Evaluates the effect of particular disarmament proposals upon the existing military strength of the United States in comparison with that of the Sino-Soviet bloc and of other countries in terms of promoting the national security;

(c) Plans, directs, conducts, and coordinates, within the framework of ACDA's overall research program, research and evaluation projects and studies designed to provide guidance concerning the military implications of various concepts, proposals, and techniques of arms control and disarmament, and the effects of such on the military environment;

(d) Evaluates current military strategy and weapons systems of the United States and other countries to assess the effect of arms control and disarmament plans on the security of the United States, and recommends how such plans should be modified to ensure the security of the United States;

(e) Plans, designs, and implements field tests and experiments necessary to meeting ACDA research and policy support objectives and requirements in the area of weapons evaluation and control;

(f) Consults closely with the military services regarding the developments of disarmament proposals and policy by the Agency and regarding the strategy and plans being adopted by those charged with the military security of the United States.

Assistant Director, Economics

§ 603.19 Bureau.

(a) Conducts a program of research in the economic, social, and behavioral aspects of arms control and disarmament responsive to the needs of negotiation and policy formulation;

(b) Studies and evaluates the economic background and the social and behavioral significance of specific disarmament proposals advanced by other governments, particularly by the Soviet bloc;

(c) Compiles data on, analyzes and appraises, and develops Agency recommendations concerning the economic, social, and behavioral impact of arms control and disarmament, including the problems of readjustment arising in industry and the reallocation of national resources;

(d) Investigates and studies all questions of cost of control systems, including analysis of national budgets, levels of industrial production, and economic indicators;

(e) Plans and directs research concerned with economic requirements for effective control systems, including filing of economic data, use of converted armaments and armament producing facilities for peaceful purposes, manpower and industrial plant conversion, and selective control of transport and trade in key commodities;

(f) Analyzes and evaluates the sociological, motivational, and psychological factors bearing upon the continued enforcement of agreed arms control and disarmament measures and upon the maintenance of peace under varying conditions;

(g) Works closely with other Government agencies and with interested State, regional, local, and nongovernmental groups to assure maximum use of existing facilities for the evaluation and

understanding of economic, social, and behavioral factors bearing upon the consequence of arms control and disarmament measures.

§ 603.20 The General Counsel.

(a) As chief legal officer of the Agency, has responsibility for all legal matters arising in or referred to the Agency;

(b) Directs, supervises, and coordinates research studies and projects relating to international legal arrangements and peacekeeping machinery responsive to the needs of negotiation and policy formulation;

(c) Advises on international law problems and prepares final drafts of proposed treaties relating to arms control and disarmament;

(d) Frequently serves as a member of U.S. delegations to international conferences relating to arms control and disarmament to advise the chief of the delegation in matters concerning international law and the drafting of treaty language;

(e) Assumes primary responsibility within the Agency, under the direction of the Director, for liaison with Congress, and drafts all legislation proposed by the Agency;

(f) Formulates, or participates in the formulation of, Agency regulations and advises on all legal problems which may arise in the development or implementation of Agency personnel, security, patent, procurement, fiscal, and other policy; and drafts unusual or unique provisions of Agency contracts and grants;

(g) Provides legal representation of the Agency in matters involving the Congress, other departments and agencies of the Government, foreign governments, and independent contractors; § 603.21 The Executive Director.

(c) Directs the development and operation of administrative management controls including fiscal controls, reporting systems, and manuals of regulations and procedures;

(d) Provides central control and coordination for issuance of rules and regulations, as well as delegations of authority within the Agency;

(e) Formulates and implements policies and supervisory procedures covering procurement by the Agency to assure uniform application in contractor selection and contract actions;

(f) In collaboration with the Office of the General Counsel and with the project officers of the Bureaus assigned responsibility for contract research projects, prepares Agency contracts for approval and execution by the Director;

(g) Provides reference and information support to all organizational components of the Agency, including such services as the acquisition, storage, retrieval and dissemination of technical information covering all facets of arms control and disarmament;

(h) Prepares reference aids to support research, including bibliographies, information abstracts and extracts, technical accession lists, summaries, indexes, digests, and cataloging services; (i) Provides a technical library serv

ice;

(j) Plans the development, implementation and administration of an information indexing and retrieval program for technical inquiry response;

(k) Administers a records management program, including mail and messenger service;

(1) Monitors information service contracts and reimbursement agreements;

(m) Provides direct support to both in-house and external research activities through the development and maintenance of information profiles, continuing direct liaison with other information resources and assistance with identifying and selecting appropriate information for contractor use;

(n) Makes available information to the public pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act;

(0) Revises schedule of fees, or otherwise determines user charges for general Agency application, for information made public under the Freedom of Information Act.