U.S. International Broadcasting: Strategic Planning and Performance Management System Could be Improved : Report to the Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of RepresentativesThe Office, 2000 - 46 pages |
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... measures of program quality are developed across broadcast entities . It has also not incorporated specific audience size and composition ( that is , mass versus elite listeners ) targets into the program review process , which would ...
... measures of program quality are developed across broadcast entities . It has also not incorporated specific audience size and composition ( that is , mass versus elite listeners ) targets into the program review process , which would ...
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... measures . The Board also evaluated other data , such as the language service's program quality , operating budget , broadcast hours , signal strength , and affiliate stations , to identify approaches for increasing listening rates in ...
... measures . The Board also evaluated other data , such as the language service's program quality , operating budget , broadcast hours , signal strength , and affiliate stations , to identify approaches for increasing listening rates in ...
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... Measures of Audience Size and Composition Weaken the Board's Performance Plan The Board's fiscal year 2001 performance plan includes two strategic objectives that are not supported by accompanying performance goals and indicators ...
... Measures of Audience Size and Composition Weaken the Board's Performance Plan The Board's fiscal year 2001 performance plan includes two strategic objectives that are not supported by accompanying performance goals and indicators ...
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... measure audience size in its target countries . ( Continued From Previous Page ) Strategic objective Same Same Page 19 GAO / NSIAD - 00-222 U.S. International Broadcasting B - 285837 Table 3: Broadcasting Board of Governors' Performance ...
... measure audience size in its target countries . ( Continued From Previous Page ) Strategic objective Same Same Page 19 GAO / NSIAD - 00-222 U.S. International Broadcasting B - 285837 Table 3: Broadcasting Board of Governors' Performance ...
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... measures as audience size . The instructions also called for a description of how the actual impact of such program enhancements would be measured . However , this guidance did not discuss the systematic establishment of specific ...
... measures as audience size . The instructions also called for a description of how the actual impact of such program enhancements would be measured . However , this guidance did not discuss the systematic establishment of specific ...
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2001 performance plan AM/FM annual language service annual performance plan Appendix audience research BBC World Service BBC's Board of Governors Board officials Board's fiscal British Broadcasting Corporation broadcast hours broadcast missions Broadcasting Board budget consolidation countries elite listeners established fiscal year 2001 former Soviet Union Free Europe/Radio Liberty Freedom House funding goals and indicators individual language services International Broadcasting Act International Broadcasting Bureau Internet language service review Liberty and Radio listening audience listening rates mandates news-gathering resources number of language Office of Strategic overlap overseas news-gathering performance goals performance management system planning and performance Prague press freedom program content program reviews Radio Free Asia Radio Free Europe/Radio Radio/TV Marti regional Results Act planning satellite service review process shortwave staff strategic objectives strategic planning surrogate broadcasters target audience television transmission facilities transmission stations U.S. international broadcasting Voice of America World Service Operations Worldnet worldwide
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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 3 - ... Reliability United States General Accounting Office National Security and Washington, DC 20548 International Affairs Division B-285837 September 27, 2000 The Honorable John R. Kasich Chairman, Committee on the Budget House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: US nonmilitary international broadcasters include the Voice of America, Worldnet Television and Film Service, Radio/TV Marti, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia.1 These broadcast entities support 84 discrete "language...
Page 41 - Again, thank you for the opportunity to comment. Please let me know if we can provide any further information. Sincerely...
Page 18 - ... 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 - Other GAO contacts and staff acknowledgments are listed in appendix VII. Sincerely yours, Jess T. Ford Associate Director International Relations and Trade Issues...
Page 36 - ... development of democratic values and institutions around the world. These developments are linked to increasing world peace and stability, which is in the interest of the United States. ' Broadcast missions for individual entities emphasize a particular news focus and target audience. • Primary mission is to be the world's best known and most respected voice in international broadcasting, thereby bringing benefit to Britain. • To become the world's reference point for information. Sunset...
Page 38 - Objectives, Scope, and Methodology The Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget...
Page 36 - Voice of America and Radio/TV Marti are required to carry daily US government editorials. Program content News of America, international news, regional news, and local news. Relative mix of content varies among US broadcasters. For example, Voice of America generally carries less local content than a surrogate broadcaster.
Page 42 - The individual components of the chart arc correct. But presenting them in direct comparison with BBC, a very different organization, with a different mission, misleads the reader. The Roles are Not Comparable VOA and Radio/TV Marti have a more complex mission than BBC, one that includes conveying the official views of the US government. Their mission also requires they present a clear presentation of US policies, institutions and values. This requirement many times takes...