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BBG open meeting on October 13 to receive strategic review recommendations after a major rebuke by Congress
The BBG has published a notice under the Sunshine Act about its next open meeting on October 13 in Washington D.C. The notice states that the BBG will receive and consider recommendations regarding the conclusion of the year-long strategic review and the BBG committee membership. It will be the first BBG meeting after the Senate Committee on Appropriations rejected the Board’s plan to end VOA radio and TV broadcasts to China and criticized it for the lack of transparency.
The notice states that the BBG will also receive reports from: the International Broadcasting Bureau Director, the Voice of America Director, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting Director, the Technology, Services and Innovation Director, the Office of New Media, and the Presidents of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE ACT MEETING NOTICE
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 13, 2011
3:00 PM
PLACE: Cohen Building
Room 3321
330 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C. 20237
SUBJECT: Notice of Meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
SUMMARY: The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be meeting at the time and
location listed above. The BBG will receive and consider recommendations regarding the conclusion of the year-long strategic review and the BBG committee membership. The BBG will also consider revising its BBG meeting schedule for the remaining calendar year. The BBG will receive reports from: the International Broadcasting Bureau Director, the Voice of America Director, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting Director, the Technology, Services and Innovation Director, the Office of New Media, and the Presidents of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. The meeting is open to public
observation via streamed webcast, both live and on-demand, on the BBG’s public website at www.bbg.gov.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Persons interested in obtaining more information should contact Paul Kollmer-Dorsey at (202) 203-4545.
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Paul Kollmer-Dorsey
Deputy General Counsel
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