04/18/2004
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"Capping administrative expenses at 50 percent of the annual appropriation would force the USTTA to reduce its staff from 94 to 51 full-time equivalents."
"This reduction would severely curtail USTTA's service to: potential first-time visitors to the United States, U.S. cities, states, and regions, and small- and medium-size private sector members of the..."
"Requiring USTTA to establish three overseas regional offices to manage its 13 international offices would impose an unnecessary layer of management."
"The Deputy Under Secretary should be a political appointee."