(e) At a hearing, the Governments and persons interested are entitled to present, in person or by counsel, oral and documentary evidence and argument that is relevant and material to any matter that is within the published purpose of the hearing.

(f) The presiding chairman may require that evidence by under oath.

(g) Witnesses may be examined and cross-examined by the Commissioners and by counsel for the Governments and the Commission. With the consent of presiding chairman, counsel for any interested person may also examine or cross-examine witnesses.

(h) The Commission may require further evidence to be given and may require printed briefs to be submitted at or subsequent to the hearing.

(i) A verbatim transcript of the proceedings at the hearing shall be prepared.

§ 401.30 Proceedings under Article X.

When a question or matter of difference arising between the two Governments involving the rights, obligations or interests of either in relation to the other or to their respective inhabitants has been or is to be referred to the Commission for decision under Article X of the Treaty, the Commission, after consultation with the said Governments, will adopt such rules of procedure as may be appropriate to the question or matter referred or to be referred.

1.2 Eligibility for appointment as Foreign Service Officer.

1.3 Noncompetitive interchange between Civil Service and Foreign Service.

01.4 Junior Level Career Candidate Program (Class 6, 5, or 4).

01.5 Mid-Level FSO Candidate Program (Class 3, 2, or 1).

01.6 Appointment of Overseas Specialists. 01.7 Appointment as Chief of Mission. 01.8 Reappointment of Foreign Service Officers and Career Overseas Specialists. 501.9 Interchange of FSOS between USIA and other Foreign Affairs Agencies. AUTHORITY: Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.).

SOURCE: 50 FR 27423, July 3, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

$501.1 Policy.

It is the policy of the United States Information Agency that Foreign Service Officers occupy positions in which there is a need and reasonable opportunity for interchangeability of personnel between the Agency and posts abroad, and which are concerned with (a) the conduct, observation, or analysis of information and cultural activities, or (b) the executive management of, or administrative responsibility for, the overseas operations of the Agency's program.

$501.2 Eligibility for appointment as Foreign Service Officer. CROSS-REFERENCE:

The regulations governing eligibility for appointment as a Foreign Service Officer are codified in part 11 of this title.

§ 501.3 Noncompetitive interchange between Civil Service and Foreign Service.

(a) An agreement between the Office of Personnel Management and the Agency under the provisions of Executive Order 11219 (3 CFR 1964-65 Comp. p. 303) provides for the noncompetitive appointment of present or former Foreign Service employees as career or career conditional Civil Service employ

ees.

(b) Under this agreement former career personnel of the Agency's Foreign Service (FSCR, FSRU, FSIO, FSS, FSO, or FP) and such present personnel desiring to transfer, are eligible, under certain conditions, for noncompetitive career or career-conditional appointment in any Federal agency that desires to appoint them. The President has authorized the Office of Personnel Management by executive order to waive the requirements for competitive examination and appointment for such Agency career Foreign Service personnel.

(c) A present or former Civil Service employee may be appointed on a competitive basis in any Foreign Service class for which the employee has qualified under the provisions of section 3947 of title 22, United States Code.

§ 501.4 Junior Level Career Candidate Program (Class 6, 5, or 4).

CROSS-REFERENCE: The regulations governing the junior level Career Candidate program are codified in part 11 of this title.

$501.5 Mid-level FSO Candidate Program (Class 3, 2, or 1).

(a) General. The mid-level FSO Candidate program, under the provisions of section 306 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, supplements the junior-level Career Candidate program to meet total requirements for Foreign Service Officers at the mid-level in the Foreign Service. Foreign Service limited appointments of FSO Candidates made to Class 3, 2, or 1 for a period not to exceed five years. Occasionally, appointments may be offered at the Class 4 level. The FSO Commissioning Board

are