All posts tagged "laws & regulations"
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Congress exposes repeated violations of Smith-Mundt Act in USAGM agency’s Facebook ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and his committee staff found that insufficient...
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Voice of America to target Americans despite ban on funding domestic news distribution, critics say
SMITH-MUNDT NEWS COMMENTARY While “Information intended for foreign audiences” (such as Voice of America – VOA programs) “may, upon request and reimbursement of the reasonable...
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Federal employees identify U.S. stations for government-paid news
Federal employees at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) were told to identify U.S. stations but not to make offers of government-funded news to domestic...
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Section 1078 of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239)
“Information intended for foreign audiences may, upon request and reimbursement of the reasonable costs incurred in fulfilling such a request, be made available, in the...
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Facts About Smith-Mundt Modernization from Broadcasting Board of Governors, July 28, 2013
“There has been no change to the BBG’s enabling statute, the U.S. International Broadcasting Act of 1994, which authorizes the agency to create programs for...
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What does Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 say about “government propaganda”?
“No funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall be used to influence public opinion in...
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Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 did not prohibit access to government news by American media
It was always legal for Americans and American media to use U.S. government-funded news programs in the United States and rebroadcast such programs if they...