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sector, to support sustainable, grassroots partnerships with the U.S. private sector, development. American philanthropic organizations, Finally, the Foundation works within and other U.S. Government agencies, the to gather resources for and to expand U.S. funding for grassroots development through strategic grassroots development activities.

For further information, contact the Communications Manager, African Development Foundation, 1400 I Street NW., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Phone, 202–673–3916. , 202–673–3810. E-mail, [email protected]. , www.adf.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 BRIAN T. CONNIFF Deputy Executive Director BRUCE SHERMAN Legal Counsel CAROL BOOKER Chief Financial Officer JANET STORMES Congressional Coordinator SUSAN ANDROSS Senior Adviser for Communications HOWARD MORTMAN Strategic Planning Manager BRUCE SHERMAN Management and Program Analyst JOHN GIAMBALVO Chief Information Officer RONALD LINZ, Acting Director, International Broadcasting Bureau (VACANCY) Chief of Staff JANICE BRAMBILLA 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 GEORGE A. MOORE Services Director, DAVID S. JACKSON Chief of Staff MARIE LENNON Associate Director for Language KELU CHAO Programming Associate Director for Central Programming TED ILIFF Associate Director for Operations MARK L. PRAHL Director, Office of Cuba Broadcasting PEDRO V. ROIG

The Broadcasting Board of Governors ensures and safeguards the integrity, quality, and effectiveness of American international broadcasters. The mission of U.S. international broadcasting is to promote the open communication of information and ideas in support of , and the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information worldwide.

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The Broadcasting Board Governors technology, to millions of viewers every (BBG) became the independent, day. autonomous entity responsible for all — Radio Sawa provides U.S. Government and Government- , information, and a mix of Western sponsored nonmilitary, international and popular music on its 24- broadcasting, by authority of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of hour, 7-day-a-week FM and medium- 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6501 note), on October wave radio stations throughout the 1, 1999. Middle East. The Arabic-language The BBG encompasses all U.S. network broadcasts objective, balanced, international broadcasting services, but up-to-the-minute news and news the day-to-day broadcasting activities are analysis along with interviews, opinion carried out by the individual BBG pieces, sports, and features on a wide international broadcasters: the Voice of variety of political and social issues. America (VOA), , Radio Sawa, Radio Farda, which means Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe/Radio ‘‘Radio Tomorrow’’ in Persian, is a joint Liberty (RFE/RL), (RFA), effort of two BBG entities: Radio Free and Radio and TV Marti, with the Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of assistance of the International America (VOA). Operated from Broadcasting Bureau (IBB). Washington, DC, and Prague, Czech Republic, Radio Farda produces current Activities news and information at least twice an Voice of America The Voice of hour, with longer news programming in America (VOA) broadcasts on radio, the morning and the evening. Radio television, and the Internet Farda also broadcasts a combination of (www.VOAnews.com) in 44 languages. Persian and Western music. The station VOA focuses on countries that lack a operates 24 hours a day on medium strong, independent media. The VOA wave (AM 1593 and AM 1539), digital Charter requires that broadcasts be audio satellite, and the Internet, as well accurate, objective, and comprehensive; as 21 hours a day on shortwave. Radio that they represent all segments of Farda complements the VOA’s Persian- American society and present a balanced language radio and television broadcasts and comprehensive view of significant into . American thought and institutions; and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio that they clearly present the policies of Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a the United States. private, nonprofit, U.S. Government- Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. funded radio broadcaster to Central, The Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Southeastern, and Eastern Europe; the Inc. (MBN) is a nonprofit corporation Caucasus; and Central and Southwestern that is financed by the U.S. Government Asia. RFE/RL broadcasts more than 1,000 through a grant from the Broadcasting hours of programming in 29 languages Board of Governors. MBN operates the every week. All RFE/RL broadcasts are Arabic-language Radio Sawa and Alhurra also streamed live and on-demand over television networks. the Internet at www.rferl.org. Transcripts —Alhurra Alhurra, Arabic for ‘‘The are available from the Web site in both Free One,’’ is a commercial-free Arabic- English and broadcast languages. language channel in Radio Free Asia Radio Free Asia (RFA) the Middle East devoted primarily to is the principal U.S. surrogate, BBG news and information. In addition to grantee, broadcaster in Asia. Founded in reporting on regional and international 1996, RFA broadcasts in nine languages events, the channel broadcasts a diverse to , Tibet, Burma, , , schedule of news, talk shows, debates, , and . RFA documentaries, and entertaining broadcasts about 200 hours per week. information programs on a wide variety RFA also audio streams broadcasts in all of subjects from sports to fashion to nine languages over the Internet.

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RFA broadcasts news, information, The station broadcasts 7 days a week, and commentary and provides a forum 24 hours a day, on (AM) for a variety of opinions and voices from and shortwave. within Asian countries. RFA broadcasts TV Marti programming includes 41⁄2 in nine languages on shortwave. Its broadcasts seek to promote the rights of hours of daily newscasts as well as freedom of opinion and expression, programs about public affairs, culture, including the freedom to seek, receive, music, sports, and entertainment. The and impart information and ideas station broadcasts commentary and through any medium regardless of information about events in Cuba and frontiers. elsewhere to promote the free flow of Office of Cuba Broadcasting The information and ideas. Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) International Broadcasting Bureau The directs the operations of Radio and TV International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) Marti, two broadcast services that is composed of VOA, OCB, and 12 provide Spanish-language news, features, support offices, including the Office of and entertainment programs to Cuba. In Engineering and Technical Services and accordance with the Broadcasting to the Office of Marketing and Program Cuba Act of 1983, Radio Marti follows Placement. IBB is responsible for Voice of America journalistic standards administrative and oversight functions for and guidelines for presenting a variety of VOA and OCB, and provides marketing news and information in an accurate and and transmission support for RFA and objective manner. RFE/RL.

For further information, contact the Office of Public Affairs, Broadcasting Board of Governors, 330 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20237. Phone, 202–401–7000. Fax, 202–619–1241. Internet, www.bbg.gov.

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Washington, DC 20505 Phone, 703–482–1100. Internet, www.cia.gov.

Director PORTER J. GOSS [For the Central Intelligence Agency statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 32, Part 1900]

The Central Intelligence Agency collects, evaluates, and disseminates vital information on political, military, economic, scientific, and other developments abroad needed to safeguard national security.

The Central Intelligence Agency was The Central Intelligence Agency is established under the National Security headed by a Director, who is appointed Council by the National Security Act of by the President with the advice and 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 401 et consent of the Senate. seq.). It now functions under that statute, The Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Order 12333 of December 4, under the direction of the Director of 1981, the Intelligence Reform and National Intelligence, does the following: Prevention Act of 2004 (50 —collects intelligence through human U.S.C. 401 note), and other laws, sources and by other appropriate means, regulations, and directives. except that the Central Intelligence Agency exercises no police, subpoena,

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