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SUBJ/APPLICATIONS FOR 2010-2011 WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIP//

RMKS/1.  THE PRESIDENTS COMMISSION ON WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS IS SEEKING 
HIGHLY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR THE 2010-2011 WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIP.  
THE NATIONS PREMIER FELLOWSHIP IN LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE, THE 
WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIP WAS CREATED IN 1964 TO PROVIDE PROMISING YOUNG 
LEADERS WHO SHOW REMARKABLE APTITUDE EARLY IN THEIR CAREER THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.  11-19 
FELLOWS ARE SELECTED EACH YEAR FROM A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE FIELD OF 
APPLICANTS FROM THE MILITARY, PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT SECTORS FOR A ONE 
YEAR APPOINTMENT TO SERVE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON DC.

2.  SELECTION AS A WHITE HOUSE FELLOW IS BASED ON A COMBINATION OF THE 
FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
A.  A RECORD OF REMARKABLE PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EARLY IN ONES 
CAREER; B.  EVIDENCE OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER 
GROWTH; C.  A DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE; AND D.  THE 
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO CONTRIBUTE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  ALL OF THESE QUALITIES COMBINED WITH THE 
STRENGTH OF ONES CHARACTER, A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND THE ABILITY TO WORK 
WELL WITH OTHERS ARE ALL TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN SELECTING A 
CLASS OF WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS.  THERE ARE NO USN OR USMC PRE-SCREENING 
REQUIREMENTS.  SELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESIDENTS 
COMMISSION ON WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS.  IF SELECTED, PARTICIPATION IN 
THE FELLOWSHIP IS CONTINGENT UPON BEING RELEASED FROM CURRENT PCS 
ORDERS.  THEREFORE NOTIFICATION OF A CANDIDATES DETAILER/MONITOR IS 
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED WHILE COMPLETING THE APPLICATION AND CONDUCTING 
INTERVIEWS.  OFFICERS SELECTED FOR THE FELLOWSHIP RETAIN ALL PAY AND 
ALLOWANCES AND RECEIVE PCS ORDERS FOR ONE YEAR TO WASHINGTON DC AND 
ACCEPTANCE OF THE FELLOWSHIP REQUIRES A THREE YEAR OBLIGATED SERVICE TO 
BE COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FELLOWSHIP YEAR.

3.  PAST ALUMNI OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE SUCCESSFUL SERVICE LEADERSHIP 
SUCH AS:  GENERAL COLIN POWELL (FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE AND CJCS), 
ADMIRAL DENNIS BLAIR (DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND FORMER 
PACIFIC COMMANDER), GENERAL WESLEY CLARK (FORMER EUROPEAN COMMANDER), 
ADMIRAL PATRICK WALSH (CURRENT COMMANDER USPACFLT), AND VICE ADMIRAL 
ANN RONDEAU (CURRENT PRESIDENT, NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY).

4.  WHILE THERE ARE NO MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR APPLYING, 
THE TYPICAL APPLICANT IS AN OFFICER IN THE PAY GRADE OF O3 TO O5, WHO 
HAS COMPLETED GRADUATE LEVEL STUDIES AND HAS MAINTAINED A RECORD OF 
SUSTAINED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

5.  APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY 1 FEBRUARY 2010, TO COMMENCE THE FELLOWSHIP 
ON 1 SEPTEMBER 2010.  THE FELLOWSHIP CONCLUDES 31 AUGUST 2011.  
APPLICATION INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT 
WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/FELLOWS.  QUESTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE 
PRESIDENTS COMMISSION ON WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS AT (202) 395-4522.

6.  THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDES UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO WORK WITH 
AND LEARN FROM SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS, CABINET SECRETARIES AND A 
BROAD SPECTRUM OF NATIONAL LEADERS IN AND OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  
QUALIFIED AND MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

7.  RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//

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