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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... Overseas U.S. News - Gathering Organizations as of July 2000 17 Table 3 : Broadcasting Board of Governors ' Performance Plan , Fiscal Year 2001 19 Table 4 : Criteria Supporting the Broadcasting Board of Governors ' Language Service ...
... Overseas U.S. News - Gathering Organizations as of July 2000 17 Table 3 : Broadcasting Board of Governors ' Performance Plan , Fiscal Year 2001 19 Table 4 : Criteria Supporting the Broadcasting Board of Governors ' Language Service ...
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... overseas news - gathering resources among U.S. broadcast entities . The Board has not yet established an effective strategic planning and performance management system that incorporates Results Act planning , the annual language service ...
... overseas news - gathering resources among U.S. broadcast entities . The Board has not yet established an effective strategic planning and performance management system that incorporates Results Act planning , the annual language service ...
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... overseas news - gathering resources among broadcast entities . This is a potentially important duplication issue that the Board has not reviewed . We raised a similar issue in our 1996 report reviewing potential budget reduction options ...
... overseas news - gathering resources among broadcast entities . This is a potentially important duplication issue that the Board has not reviewed . We raised a similar issue in our 1996 report reviewing potential budget reduction options ...
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... Overseas News Gathering Operations not Planned 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 News Gathering Operations not Planned 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 ...
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... overseas bureaus are not shared with Radio Free Asia and that Radio Free Asia news feeds are not shared with the Voice of America . The Division Director said " They do their work , and we do ours . " A Radio / TV Marti employee noted ...
... overseas bureaus are not shared with Radio Free Asia and that Radio Free Asia news feeds are not shared with the Voice of America . The Division Director said " They do their work , and we do ours . " A Radio / TV Marti employee noted ...
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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...