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Peace Corps Budget
Victory
The House Committee on Appropriations has reported
on their
Web site that the Foreign Operations
Appropriations Bill agreed on by the House and Senate
Conference Committee contains an appropriation of $325M for
the Peace Corps for FY2004 - $30 million above FY03.
Congratulations to the Peace Corps and thanks to every RPCV
and Friend of the Peace Corps who wrote or called your
Senators and Representatives to ask them to provide increased
funding to the Peace Corps.
Now the Foreign Operations
Appropriations Bill has been incorporated with six other
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pected to be approved by the House this week and by the
Senate when it returns from recess on January 20. Once the
omnibus bill has been voted on by both houses of Congress, it
will be sent to the President for his signature, so barring
any unforeseen circumstances, the Peace Corps should
receive a 9%
increase in its budget for FY2004.
Read the story at:
http://PeaceCorpsOnline.org/
messages/messages/2629/2018171.html
Agreement with
Mexico
The Peace Corps has signed an agreement with Mexico
that will
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time. Volunteers will work "in a sort of high-tech
field, rather than" what is "commonly regarded as a
traditional role for the Peace Corps," said Roger F. Noriega,
assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs,
when he announced the program earlier this month.
It
is no exaggeration to say that this is truly a historic
occasion
in the history of the Peace Corps.
Read
the story at:
http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/
messages/
2629/2017826.html
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Early Bird Registration for the
Chicago Conference
Take advantage of the early-bird discount for the
August 5-8 NPCA 25th Anniversary Conference in Chicago by
registering today. Information about how to register online is
available at:
http://www.burnisongroup.com/rpcv/register.html. For regularly
updated
information on the conference, go to
http://www.rpcv2004.org.
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NPCA and Peace Corps
2004 Career Fairs
NPCA and Peace Corps are collaborating on a
nationwide series of career fairs that will bring recruiters
and RPCVs together :
* Miami, FL.
Miami-Dade
College,
InterAmerican Campus
Thursday, January
29
* Either Austin, TX or Atlanta, GA
(To be
announced soon)
April or May
* Chicago, IL
NPCA
Biennial conference at
The Palmer House Hilton
Friday,
August 6
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These job fairs are free and open to all Returned Peace
Corps
Volunteers, although many of the events associated
with the biennial conference (outside of the career fair
itself) require that participants pay the registration fee to
attend.
RSVPs requested. Please contact Toby Schaeffer
at careers@rpcv.org <mailto:careers@rpcv.org> if you
would like any information on the series or if you plan to
attend any of the events.
Information regarding the
Chicago event can be found
at
http://www.burnisongroup.com
/rpcv/index.html
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