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 […]
Tag: U.S. Congress
Congressional Hearing on Detention of Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng
Representative Christopher Smith, Chairman and Senator Sherrod Brown, Cochairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China announce a hearing on “Examination into the Abuse and Extralegal Detention of Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng and His Family” Tuesday, November 1, 2011 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building The plight of Chen Guangcheng and his […]
October 13 BBG open meeting to consider strategic recommendations
The BBG has published a notice under the Sunshine Act about its next open meeting on October 13 in Washington D.C., BBG Watch reported. The notice states that the BBG will receive and consider recommendations regarding the conclusion of the year-long strategic review and the BBG committee membership. BBG Watch points out that it will […]
Senate Committee on Appropriations tells BBG: VOA radio and TV to China must continue
Reposted from the BBG Watch website. The Senate Committee on Appropriations has rejected the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) proposal to end Voice of America (VOA) radio and TV broadcasts to China and criticized the BBG for the lack of transparency. The committee recommended $740,039,000 for U.S. international broadcasting operations, for the operating and engineering […]
Fox News reports on Congressional efforts to save VOA radio and TV to China
Fox News reported — Lawmakers Scramble to Keep Voice of America On Air in China — that Congressional lawmakers are scrambling to prevent America’s international media arm from going off-air in China, arguing that a plan to shift much of its reporting to the Internet won’t do much good in a country notorious for its […]
Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee Protests BBG Plans to Eliminate VOA Radio to China
February 28, 2011 Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee Dear Members of Congress: This letter is to request your strong support to restore the budget for Voice of America Cantonese Service and Voice of America Mandarin Service in the FY 2012 Budget. We object to the proposal by the Broadcasting […]