U.S. international broadcasting : strategic planning and performance management system could be improved : report to the Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of RepresentativesDIANE Publishing |
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Page 3 - The Honorable John R. Kasich Chairman, Committee on the Budget House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman...
Page 8 - ... Opinion Research in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; and all US missions abroad. In 1999, the US Information Agency was abolished. Its functions, other than international broadcasting, were distributed among these State Department elements. US international broadcasting services including the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Radio/TV Marti were placed under an independent federal entity, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). The BBG also directs...
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 27 - Sincerely yours, Jess T. Ford Associate Director International Relations and Trade Issues...
Page 3 - EL 103-236) with the goal of reorganizing and consolidating US international broadcast efforts in light of the end of the Cold War and administration efforts to meet deficit reduction targets. The act established a bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (the Board) to oversee and coordinate the efforts of all nonmilitary international broadcasting.
Page 41 - Again, thank you for the opportunity to comment. Please let me know if we can provide any further information. Sincerely...
Page 40 - ... to the BBC's performance management system. We conducted our review from December 1999 to August 2000 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. 1 The Results Act: An Evaluator's Guide to Assessing Agency Annual Performance Plans (GAO/GGD-10.1.20, Apr.
Page 34 - Even the Voice of America's goal to serve audiences deprived of full access to an open and free press suggests a diminishing role over time as the long-sought goal of global press freedom is eventually achieved. 1 22U.SC §6208(g).
Page 44 - ... comprehensive while at the same meeting the mandates of their individual missions. That they have managed to achieve as large an audience as they have, while drawing from a narrower audience base than BBC, suggests they have been successful. Comments From the Broadcasting Board of Governors The following are GAO's comments on the Broadcasting Board of Governors' letter dated September 13, 2000.
Page 18 - Agencies then are to prepare annual performance plans that establish the connections between the long-term strategic goals outlined in the strategic plans and the day-to-day activities of program managers and staff. Finally, the Act requires that each agency report annually on the extent to which it is meeting its...