Voice of America: Management Actions Needed to Adjust to a Changing EnvironmentDIANE Publishing, 1993 - 58 pages Reviews the Voice of America1s progress in modernizing its facilities, steps to cut programs and operations in response to decreased funding, and actions to adopt broadcasting strategies reflecting changing technology and world events. Graphs. |
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... changing technology and world events . We are sending copies of this report to the Director , U.S. Information Agency ; the Director , Office of Management and Budget ; and other interested parties . Copies will also be made available ...
... changing technology and world events . We are sending copies of this report to the Director , U.S. Information Agency ; the Director , Office of Management and Budget ; and other interested parties . Copies will also be made available ...
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... changing technology and world events . Background Results in Brief VOA broadcasts about 1,060 hours per week in 47 languages to an estimated 127 million listeners . VOA's mission is to provide reliable , accurate , objective , and ...
... changing technology and world events . Background Results in Brief VOA broadcasts about 1,060 hours per week in 47 languages to an estimated 127 million listeners . VOA's mission is to provide reliable , accurate , objective , and ...
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Management Actions Needed to Adjust to a Changing Environment. Principal Findings Changing Funding and Priorities ... events and technological advances indicate that VOA must cautiously approach expensive , new investments in ...
Management Actions Needed to Adjust to a Changing Environment. Principal Findings Changing Funding and Priorities ... events and technological advances indicate that VOA must cautiously approach expensive , new investments in ...
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... changing events will make a proposed facility unnecessary or unusable in the future . Audience Research Is Limited ... changing world events . VOA receives little formal input from the U.S. foreign affairs community on how it ...
... changing events will make a proposed facility unnecessary or unusable in the future . Audience Research Is Limited ... changing world events . VOA receives little formal input from the U.S. foreign affairs community on how it ...
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Management Actions Needed to Adjust to a Changing Environment. Changing Events and Technology Will Shape VOA's Future Changing world events and new technology will affect VOA's broadcast strategy , facility plans , and decisions on which ...
Management Actions Needed to Adjust to a Changing Environment. Changing Events and Technology Will Shape VOA's Future Changing world events and new technology will affect VOA's broadcast strategy , facility plans , and decisions on which ...
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Page 1 - Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman...
Page 8 - Daily, at this time, we shall speak to you about America and the war. The news may be good or bad. We shall tell you the truth.
Page 8 - VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive. "(2) VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.
Page 8 - Agency") shall provide for the open communication of information and ideas through the use of radio broadcasting to Cuba. Radio broadcasting to Cuba shall serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of accurate, objective, and comprehensive news.
Page 8 - The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio.
Page 18 - This is the National Research Council an agency of the National Academy of Sciences.
Page 5 - ... Relay stations broadcast VGA programs via shortwave and medium wave transmissions. GAO believes that major political changes and advances in communications technology may render some of the Voice of America's (VGA) planned shortwave station modernization projects obsolete before they are finished. In Eastern Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union, indigenous media, including television, have become relatively reliable sources of information. Further, audiences for US government direct...
Page 10 - Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations.
Page 50 - ... (1) project alternatives, including no action, refurbishment, replacement, expansion, and new construction; (2) the potential audience improvement that could be achieved by each project alternative based on available audience research data; and (3) the risks to project completion, such as political unrest and future funding shortfalls. This issue also is addressed in USIA oversight procedures. Part IX-A of USIA's Manual of Operations and Administration (MOA) at Section 138, titled "Advance Procurement...
Page 46 - Voice of America: Management Actions Needed to Adjust to a Changing Environment (GAO/NSiAD-92-150, July 24, 1992).