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United States. Broadcasting Board of Governors


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    • Broadcasting Board of Governors (U.S.)
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        • found: Its home p., 4/4/2000(Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); est'd with passage of U.S. International Broadcasting Act in 1994 (P.L. 103-236); the legislation also est'd the International Broadcasting Bureau; BBG became independent agency with P.L. 105-277, which also merged U.S. Information Agency into State Dept.)
        • found: 112 Stat. 2681-776 etc. (P.L. 105-277) (1998; slip law):sec. 1311 (The United States Information Agency (other than the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International Broadcasting Bureau) is abolished) sec. 1322 (a) (1) (The Broadcasting Board of Governors shall continue to exist)
        • found: Cong. dir., 1999-2000:p. 502 (Broadcasting Board of Governors; est'd by P.L. 103-236) p. 804 (International Broadcasting Bureau; est'd by P.L. 103-236; Broadcasting Board of Governors oversees the operation of the International Broadcasting Bureau)
        • found: Carroll's fed. dir., July/Aug. 1999(United States Information Agency; on Oct. 21, 1998, the Senate voted to abolish this agency; some of its operations will be merged into the Dept. of State; [subord. unit] Broadcasting Board of Governors, chairman; International Broadcasting Bureau, director)
        • found: Carroll's fed. dir., Nov./Dec. 1999(Broadcasting Board of Governors, chairman; in Oct. of this year Broadcasting Board of Governors & its International Broadcasting Bureau became a separate independent agency)
        • found: Reorganization plan and report (revised March 1999), submitted pursuant to Section 1601 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, as contained in Public Law 105-277; posted Apr. 14, 1999; accessed via State Dept. web site, 4/4/2000(Section 2, transfer of functions; (e) Broadcasting Board of Governors; effective Oct. 1, 1999, functions of the United States Information Agency related to int'l broadcasting shall be transferred to the Broadcasting Board of Governors)
        • found: Information technology strategic & resource management plan ... [ER] 2008?:PDF t.p. (Broadcasting Board of Governors)
        • found: U.S. Agency for Global Media. Performance and accountability report, FY 2018:page 1 (August 2018, the Broadcasting Board of Governors changed its name to the United States Agency for Global Media, the mission remains unchanged, to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy)
        • found: U.S. Agency for Global Media website, May 29, 2019:who we are - history (BBG's role is to supervise all broadcasting activities and provide strategic management for the agency, serving as a firewall between U.S. government policymakers and journalists)
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        • 2000-04-04: new
        • 2019-06-01: revised
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