U. S. International Broadcasting: Strategic Planning and Performance Managment System Could Be Improved

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DIANE Publishing, 2001 - 51 pages
U.S. non-military international broadcast entities support 84 discreet "language services". In 1994 Congress passed an Act which established a bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (the Board) to oversee and coordinate the efforts of all nonmilitary broadcasting activity. This report examines whether the Board: (1) responded to the specific funding limitations and cost-cutting expectations regarding Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's operations; (2) implemented an annual language service review process; and (3) instituted a strategic planning and performance management system. Maps, charts and tables.

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Page 8 - Liberty focuses on providing regional and local news to emerging democracies in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, and to Iran and Iraq. Radio Free Asia and Radio/TV Marti concentrate on providing news of local interest to audiences in Asia and Cuba, respectively, who generally do not have access to a free and open press. Figure 2 shows the regional coverage of the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Radio/TV Marti. 7 Freedom House is a bipartisan, nonprofit...
Page 3 - The Honorable John R. Kasich Chairman, Committee on the Budget House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman...
Page 41 - Second, we have some specific comments and corrections to the Report Of central concern to us, we believe that Chart 7, "Comparison of US International Broadcasting and BBC World Service Operations" presents an unfair and misleading picture to the reader in its comparison of two very different broadcast organizations. BBCs mission, the nature of its programs, and its cost structure are so different from those of the USfunded stations as to make simplified comparison invalid. Please consider our full...
Page 18 - ... managers and staff Finally, the act requires that each agency report annually on the extent to which It Is meeting its annual performance goals and the actions needed to achieve or modify those goals that have not been met...
Page 15 - While the Board intends to review the issue of program content duplication next year, it does not expect to explicitly review the duplicate news resources maintained by broadcast entities overseas. The Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia each maintain field offices and freelance journalists in their respective regions. Voice of America resources overlap with those deployed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia in their respective regions. For example,...
Page 26 - Board stated that the report is fair and accurate, and the Board concurred with our recommendations. The Board said that some actions currently underway will serve to partially implement the recommendations and that it will implement additional actions in the future. For example, the Board has launched a review of its existing performance plan that...
Page 10 - ... congressional expectations, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reduced its budget from $208 million in fiscal year 1994 to approximately $71 million in fiscal year 1996 by taking the following actions.11 9 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty pays a nominal rent of about $1 per month. 10 See Report on RFE/RL, Inc. dated March 16, 1999, to the Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. 11 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's fiscal year 2000 budget is approximately $68 million. GAO/NSIAD-00-222...
Page 3 - Marti's Spanish language broadcasts to Cuba.2 While each broadcast entity has a unique mission, a central theme in all US international broadcasting is to provide underserved populations with balanced news coverage in areas where a free and open press does not exist or has not been firmly established. The open exchange of information and ideas, in turn, is designed to serve the interests of the United States by promoting international peace and stability. Congress passed the United States International...
Page 33 - Evaluation Criteria Supporting the Board's Language Service Review Process [Continued From Previous Page) Criteria Description Transmission effectiveness Affiliates database Broadcast hours Production and transmission costs Signal quality determines whether radio signals are being received clearly by the intended audiences. Short- and medium-wave signal strength is measured and compiled twice each year for almost all language services. This information is collected through a worldwide network of...
Page 20 - Internet performance indicator (under development). Encourage development of a free and independent media. No performance goal. No indicator. Utilize comprehensive and accurate research to understand audiences. No performance goal. No indicator. Note: Program quality, regular listening/viewing audiences, and local affiliate performance goals were not established for all broadcast entities. For example, audience targets were not established for Worldnet, Radio/TV Marti, and Radio Free Asia, given...

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