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 […]
CUSIB Advisory Board member John Lenczowski on VOA Chinese TV program
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board member John Lenczowski was interviewed on the Voice of America (VOA) Chinese television program. He was discussing the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union and how the lessons of that period may apply to China today. Dr. John Lenczowski founded the Institute of World […]
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 […]
John Lenczowski to Serve on CUSIB Advisory Board
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) announced that John Lenczowski, president of the Institute of World Politics, an independent graduate school of national security and international affairs in Washington, D.C., has joined the CUSIB Advisory Board. CUSIB will benefit from Dr. Lenczowski’s public diplomacy expertise and his advice on international broadcasting issues. As President […]
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 […]
Leaders of Bipartisan Commission Call on China To Release Human Rights Lawyer, Chen Guangcheng
The Chairman and Cochairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China today (November 1) issued the following joint statement calling for updated information on prominent human rights defender Chen Guangcheng’s condition and calling for Chen’s long overdue release. “It is very troubling to know that for six years, Chen Guangcheng has repeatedly encountered abuse and surveillance […]
LAT's pro-Cuban regime editorial gets a response from CUSIB
Ted Lipien, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) co-founder, took issue with The Los Angeles Times editorial, Stop spamming Cuba, which was highly critical of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) attempts to send Radio and TV Marti news as text messages to cell phone users in Cuba. The BBG devised the project to […]
Karl Altau, Managing Director of JBANC, joins CUSIB
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB)is happy to welcome Karl Altau as its Advisory Board member. We greatly value his experience in representing the interests of various American communities which have always strongly supported U.S. international broadcasting. Karl Altau joined the Joint Baltic American National Committee in 1997 and has served as Managing Director […]
CUSIB's Jing Zhang shares first-hand accounts of blocked access to Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board Member Jing Zhang has shared with Free Media Online (FreeMediaOnline.org) the first-hand accounts and photos she received from Women’s Rights in China (WRIC) volunteers who wanted to meet the blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng to express their support. On October 14, 2011, five disability activists […]