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government agencies, and philanthropic organizations.
For further information, contact the Director of Legislative and Public Affairs, African Development Foundation, 1400 I Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005–2248. Phone, 202–673–3916. Fax, 202–673–3810. E-mail, [email protected]. Internet, www.usadf.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 Programming (VACANCY) 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
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 development and civil society in (BBG) became an independent agency countries struggling to overcome on October 1, 1999, by authority of the autocratic institutions, violations of Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring human rights, centralized economies, Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6501 note). ethnic and religious hostilities, regional The BBG serves as the governing body conflicts, and controlled media. A not- for all non-military U.S. broadcasting for-profit corporation, RFE/RL is funded and provides programming in 56 by a federal grant from the Broadcasting languages via radio, television, and the Board of Governors. Internet, Internet. The BBG broadcast services www.rferl.org. include: the Voice of America, the Radio Free Asia Radio Free Asia (RFA) Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free is an independent, nonprofit Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, organization broadcasting and publishing and the Middle East Broadcasting information online in nine East Asian Networks. languages, including Burmese, All BBG broadcast services adhere to Canotnese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, the broadcasting standards and Mandarin, Tibetan, Uyghur, and principles of the International Vietnamese. RFA provides news and Broadcasting Act of 1994, which include information related specifically to the reliable, accurate, and comprehensive people in East Asia who are censored news; balanced and comprehensive from officially sanctioned domestic presentations of U.S. thought, media. All language services are staffed institutions, and policies, as well as and directed by native speakers and discussions about those policies; maintain web sites which offer information about developments podcasting, syndication, and feedback throughout the world; and a variety of options, while several services also offer opinions from nations around the world. regular toll-free hotlines to callers in Asia. RFA is funded by an annual grant Activities from the Broadcasting Board of Voice of America Voice of America Governors. Internet, www.rfa.org. (VOA) is an independent international Middle East Broadcasting Networks multimedia broadcasting service of the The Middle East Broadcasting Networks, U.S. government. VOA broadcasts more Inc. is a non-profit corporation that than 1,000 hours a week, which include operates the Arabic-language Alhurra TV U.S. and international news, features, and Radio Sawa networks. Alhurra TV and educational and cultural programs broadcasts to 22 countries in the Middle about the United States and the world, East via satellite. Its schedule includes to more than 100 million people up-to-the-minute newscasts, worldwide. VOA programs are produced documentaries, discussion programs, and and broadcast in 44 languages. Twelve other programs on a variety of subjects. hundred VOA affiliate radio and Radio Sawa broadcasts on FM and AM television stations around the world to major Middle Eastern countries. It also download programs through satellite and seeks to reach a significant portion of the digital audio (MP3) technology. Internet, under 30 population with a combination www.voanews.com. of news, opinion features, and a blend of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio mainstream Western and Arabic music. Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an Internet, www.radiosawa.com and international communications service to www.alhurra.com. Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Office of Cuba Broadcasting The Central and Southwestern Asia. Office of Cuba Broadcasting oversees Concentrating on domestic events and Radio Marti and TV Marti. These two international news, RFE/RL has for more Spanish language services provide news than 50 years provided its 35 million about Cuba and the world, features, and listeners with balanced and reliable entertainment programs aimed at Cuba. information to bolster democratic Based in Miami, these comprehensive
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and timely broadcasts offer Cubans the wave (AM), shortwave, Internet, satellite, opportunity to receive unfiltered and and special transmissions. Internet, accurate information. Radio and TV www.martinoticias.org. Marti are disseminated through medium
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, [email protected].
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Washington, DC 20505 Phone, 703–482–0623. Internet, www.cia.gov.
Director MICHAEL V. HAYDEN [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 Intelligence Community authorized established by the National Security Act to undertake such collection. In of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 401 et coordination with other departments, seq.). It now functions under that statute, agencies, or elements of the United Executive Order 12333 of December 4, States Government authorized to 1981, the Intelligence Reform and undertake such human source collection, Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 ensures that the most effective use is U.S.C. 401 note), and other laws, made of resources and that appropriate Executive orders, regulations, and account is taken of the risks to the directives. United States and those involved in such The Central Intelligence Agency is collection; headed by a Director, who is appointed by the President with the advice and —performs such other functions and consent of the Senate. duties related to intelligence affecting national security as the President or the The Central Intelligence Agency does the following: Director of National Intelligence may direct; and —collects intelligence through human sources and by other appropriate means, —under the direction of the Director except that the Central Intelligence of National Intelligence and in a manner Agency exercises no police, subpoena, consistent with section 207 of the or law enforcement powers or internal Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. security functions; 3927), coordinate the relationships —correlates and evaluates intelligence between elements of the Intelligence related to national security and provides Community and the intelligence or appropriate dissemination of such security services of foreign governments intelligence; or international organizations on all —provides overall direction for and matters involving intelligence related to coordination of the collection of national national security or involving intelligence outside the United States intelligence acquired through clandestine through human sources by elements of means.
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