Women’s Rights in China (WRIC) NGO has produced a short video showing that both very young and older persons in China continue to rely on Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts for uncensored news and information. These comments, recorded in China, point to the censorship of the Internet by the Chinese authorities and the fact […]
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Deloitte Tells BBG to Move Quickly with Consolidation – Free Media Online
“If VOA constitutes communications essential to national security, privatization may not be feasible,” concludes a consolidation study done by Deloitte, but the consulting firm recommends a quick action on the BBG plan to merge grantee broadcasters. Free Media Online has obtained a copy of the Grantee Merger Assessment done for the Broadcasting Board of Governors […]
Overhaul Broadcasting Board of Governors Management – Helle Dale, Heritage Foundation
Dr. Helle Dale of the Heritage Foundation has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. “Congress should undertake much overdue oversight of the management practices and structures of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). U.S. international broadcasting needs professional management and a transparent structure and does not have it at the […]
Women and Their Families in China Who Are Victims of Human Rights Abuses Need Voice of America Radio
November 7, 2011 For Immediate Release Women and Their Families in China Who Are Victims of Human Rights Abuses Need Voice of America Radio On Sunday, November 6, 2011 the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan joined a panel discussion sponsored by All Girls Allowed, Inc. at New York’s Flushing Sheraton […]
Employee View of BBG Strategic Plan: Weakening America's Message Abroad – CUSIB Member's Comments
A Short Critique of BBG’s Strategic Plan 2011-2016 by Timothy Shamble, AFGE Local 1812 President, member of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board This “new” plan is anything but. It is for the most part just a continuation of past Strategic Plans with its calls to eliminate broadcaster positions, language services, and […]
Strategic Plan from Absentee Board Raises Many Questions — Free Media Online
This evaluation of the published framework of the BBG new strategic plan was published by Free Media Online (FreeMediaOnline.org), a media freedom NGO. FreeMediaOnline.org Washington, D.C – Truckee, CA, November 1, 2011 — Free Media Online Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has released what it calls “the framework of its new strategic plan […]
Putin goes after Radio Svoboda on Russian TV
In a prime-time interview aired on October 17 with the heads of Russia’s three largest television stations, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that during the Cold War, his former employer — the KGB — viewed Radio Svoboda as a branch of the CIA engaged in spying in the former Soviet Union. RFE/RL analyst Charles […]
U.S. commission documents major crackdown on Internet and press freedom in China
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), created by Congress in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to monitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in China, submitted its annual report to the President and the Congress, in which it documents a major crackdown by the Chinese authorities on the Internet and […]
BBG's Victor Ashe raises employee morale issues — BBG Watch Report
The unofficial BBG employee website BBG Watch reported that in a rare move for a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a struggling federal agency which oversees U.S. government-funded news and information broadcasts for foreign audiences, BBG Governor Ambassador Victor Ashe raised the issue of employee morale at the Voice of America (VOA), one […]
CUSIB will review BBG's new strategic plan
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) met on October 13 and announced a new mission statement for U.S. international broadcasting operations. It emphasizes engagement with the audiences targeted by the BBG-managed media entities. The BBG also announced a new strategic plan. The BBG press release describes the plan as calling for the agency “to focus […]