CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency ‘Defunct’,” Disappointed in Witness Testimony The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement: Rather than galvanizing the House of Representatives, there was no consensus among the three witnesses who testified on June 26, 2013 before the U.S. Congress about how to achieve […]
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CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: "Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency 'Defunct'," Disappointed in Witness Testimony
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency ‘Defunct’,” Disappointed in Witness Testimony The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement: Rather than galvanizing the House of Representatives, there was no consensus among the three witnesses who testified on June 26, 2013 before the U.S. Congress about how to achieve […]
CUSIB Statement on Recent BBG Developments
February 7, 2013 CUSIB Statement on Recent BBG Developments The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has released the following statement in response to recent developments at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting extends our best wishes to Secretary of State John Kerry who has become the newest […]
CUSIB Applauds Actions by BBG Members to Increase Transparency and Accountability
January 18, 2013 CUSIB Applauds Actions by BBG Members to Increase Transparency and Accountability The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement in response to the January 2013 Office of Inspector General Report on the Broadcasting Board of Governors: “The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) continues to maintain our support […]
CUSIB Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2012 CUSIB Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released the following statement expressing deep concern that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is pursuing a strategy of concealment and intimidation rather than respond to oversight by the U.S. Congress and […]
CUSIB's Ann Noonan speaks on importance of US radio for women in China
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan said that women and their families in China who are victims of human rights abuses need Voice of America (VOA) radio and Radio Free Asia (RFA) broadcasts. She made that comment Tuesday at a conference on family planning policy and population development […]
BBG Governor Victor Ashe pays tribute to Annette Lantos and her late husband
At the meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Miami on April 20, the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting decided to reverse its earlier decision on Voice of America (VOA) program cuts to China and Tibet. In expressing his full support for restoring funding for these broadcasts, BBG Governor Ambassador […]
Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Stay True to Their Mandate Not Only in China and Tibet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Stay True to Their Mandate Not Only in China and Tibet CUSIB/New York, NY — The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has been vindicated by the action of Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) who approved a plan to restore funding in the FY […]
BBG's Victor Ashe pushes for saving Voice of America and Radio Free Asia broadcasts
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Ambassador Victor Ashe has called the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) to express his appreciation for CUSIB’s pro-media freedom and human rights activities mentioned in a recent letter to the BBG from Annette Lantos, a human rights campaigner. Mrs. Lantos, a Holocaust survivor, is the wife of the […]
CUSIB's Open ‘Thank You’ Letter to Broadcasting Board of Governors
Open ‘Thank You’ Letter to Broadcasting Board of Governors January 17, 2011 Dear Chairman Isaacson and Board Members: We would like to thank the Broadcasting Board of Governors, especially Chairman Isaacson and Ambassador Ashe, for extending their invitation to allow our Executive Director to attend Friday’s Board Meeting as your guest. As members of a […]