    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2007]
    [Pages 364-367]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

    330 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20237

    Phone, 202-203-4545. Internet, www.bbg.gov
    Chairman                                          Kenneth Y. Tomlinson
    Members                                           Joaquin F. Blaya,
                                                              Blanquita
                                                              Walsh Cullum,
                                                              D. Jeffrey
                                                              Hirschberg,
                                                              Edward E.
                                                              Kaufman,
                                                              Norman J.
                                                              Pattiz, Steven
                                                              J. Simmons
        (Secretary of State, ex officio)              Condoleezza Rice
    Executive Director                                Janice Brambilla
        Legal Counsel                                 Carol M. Booker
        Chief Financial Officer                       Janet Stormes
        Congressional Coordinator                     Susan Andross
        Communications Coordinator                    Larry Hart
        Strategic Planning Manager                    Bruce Sherman
        Policy and Program Coordinator                John Giambalvo
        Special Projects Officer                      Oanh Tran
        Chief Information Officer                     Ronald Linz, Acting
    General Counsel                                   Carol M. Booker,
                                                              Acting
    Director, International Broadcasting Bureau       (vacancy)
    Deputy Director, International Broadcasting       George Moore
            Bureau
    Director, Office of Civil Rights                  Delia L. Johnson
    Associate Director for Management                 Stephen S. Smith
    Associate Director for Program Support            Gary Thatcher
    Director, Office of Engineering and Technical     Vince Nowicki
            Services
    Director, Voice of America                        David S. Jackson
    Director, Voice of America Television             Danforth W. Austin
        Chief of Staff                                Marie Lennon
        Associate Director for Language               Kelu Chao
                Programming
        Associate Director for Central                (vacancy)
                Programming
        Associate Director for Operations             Mark L. Prahl
    Director, Office of Cuba Broadcasting             Pedro V. Roig
    President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty        Jeffrey Gedmin
    President, Radio Free Asia                        Libby Liu
    President, Middle East Broadcasting Networks      Bert Kleinman

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    The Broadcasting Board of Governors' mission is to promote freedom and
    democracy and to enhance understanding by broadcasting accurate,
    objective, and balanced news and information about the United States and
    the world to audiences abroad.

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    The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) became an independent agency
    on October 1, 1999, by authority of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
    Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6501 note).
        The BBG serves as the governing body for all non-military U.S.
    broadcasting and provides programming in 56 languages via radio,
    television, and the Internet. The BBG broadcast services include: the
    Voice of America, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Europe/
    Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting
    Networks.
        All BBG broadcast services adhere to the broadcasting standards and
    principles of the International Broadcasting Act of 1994, which include
    reliable, accurate, and comprehensive news; balanced and comprehensive
    presentations of U.S. thought, institutions, and policies, as well as
    discussions about those policies; information about developments
    throughout the world; and a variety of opinions from nations around the
    world.

    Activities

    Voice of America  Voice of America (VOA) is an independent international
    multimedia broadcasting service of the U.S. government. VOA broadcasts
    more than 1,000 hours a week, which include U.S. and international news,
    features, and educational and cultural programs about the United States
    and the world, to more than 100 million people worldwide. VOA programs
    are produced and broadcast in 44 languages. Twelve hundred VOA affiliate
    radio and television stations around the world download programs through
    satellite and digital audio (MP3) technology. Internet, www.voanews.com.
    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/
    RL) is an international communications service to Eastern Europe, the
    Caucasus, and Central and Southwestern Asia. Concentrating on domestic
    events and international news, RFE/RL has for more than 50 years
    provided its 35 million listeners with balanced and reliable information
    to bolster democratic development and civil society in countries
    struggling to overcome autocratic institutions, violations of human
    rights, centralized economies, ethnic and religious hostilities,
    regional conflicts, and controlled media. A not-for-profit corporation,
    RFE/RL is funded by a federal grant from the Broadcasting Board of
    Governors. Internet, www.rferl.org.
    Radio Free Asia  Radio Free Asia (RFA) is an independent, nonprofit
    organization broadcasting and publishing information online in nine East
    Asian languages, including Burmese, Canotnese, Khmer, Korean, Lao,
    Mandarin, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Vietnamese. RFA provides news and
    information related specifically to the people in East Asia who are
    censored from officially sanctioned domestic media. All language
    services are staffed and directed by native speakers and maintain web
    sites which offer podcasting, syndication, and feedback options, while
    several services also offer regular toll-free hotlines to callers in
    Asia. RFA is funded by an annual grant from the Broadcasting Board of
    Governors. Internet, www.rfa.org.
    Middle East Broadcasting Networks  The Middle East Broadcasting
    Networks, Inc. is a non-profit corporation that operates the Arabic-
    language Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa networks. Alhurra TV broadcasts to 22
    countries in the Middle East via satellite. Its schedule includes up-to-
    the-minute newscasts, documentaries, discussion programs, and other
    programs on a variety of subjects. Radio Sawa broadcasts on FM and AM to
    major Middle Eastern countries. It also seeks to reach a significant
    portion of the under 30 population with a combination of news, opinion
    features, and a blend of mainstream Western and Arabic music. Internet,
    www.radiosawa.com and www.alhurra.com.
    Office of Cuba Broadcasting  The Office of Cuba Broadcasting oversees
    Radio Marti and TV Marti. These two Spanish language services provide
    news about Cuba and the world, features, and entertainment programs
    aimed at Cuba. Based in Miami, these comprehensive

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    and timely broadcasts offer Cubans the opportunity to receive unfiltered
    and accurate information. Radio and TV Marti are disseminated through
    medium wave (AM), shortwave, Internet, satellite, and special
    transmissions. Internet, www.martinoticias.org.

    For further information, contact the Office of Public Affairs,
    Broadcasting Board of Governors, 330 Independence Avenue SW.,
    Washington, DC 20237. Phone, 202-203-4959. Fax, 202-203-4960. Internet,
    www.bbg.gov. E-mail, publicaffairs@ibb.gov.

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