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  title info:
    title: Broadcasting to Cuba
    sub title: observations regarding TV Martí's strategy and operations : testimony before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
  title info:
    title: Observations regarding TV Martí's strategy and operations
  name:
    name part: Ford, Jess T.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Congress.
    name part: House.
    name part: Committee on Foreign Affairs.
    name part: Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight.
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Government Accountability Office.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: dcu
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
    extent: 8 pages : digital, PDF file.
  abstract: This testimony discusses GAO's work on U.S. television broadcasting to Cuba. The United States has been broadcasting to Cuba for more than two decades via Radio Marti and, subsequently, TV Marti to "break the information blockade" and promote freedom and democracy in Cuba. U.S. television broadcasting to Cuba is performed by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which is a U.S. government entity, overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), and based in Miami. OCB operates TV Marti, which broadcasts news, commentary, and entertainment programming to Cuba. From the inception of these broadcasting efforts, various questions have been raised regarding their purpose, quality, and effectiveness. In light of the more than $500 million that has been spent over the years on broadcasting to Cuba and OCB's almost $35 million annual budget, we have reviewed a variety of issues related to the effectiveness of OCB's television broadcasts. Since the inception of TV Marti in 1990, GAO has reported on longstanding weaknesses in TV Marti's operations. This testimony will be based on two recent GAO reports, issued in July 2008 and January 2009. Based on your interest, this testimony will focus mainly on key observations regarding TV Marti. These observations include the following: (1) OCB's approach for broadcasting and what is known about the size of TV Marti's audience in Cuba (2) How BBG and OCB ensure TV Marti's compliance with journalistic principles (3) The steps taken to ensure that U.S. television broadcasting to Cuba adheres to domestic and international broadcasting laws, agreements, and standards (4) The steps that BBG and OCB have taken to address management and oversight challenges (5) BBG's International Broadcasting Bureau's (IBB) contract award process for television broadcasting to Cuba. In brief, Mr. Chairman, we found certain actions are needed to improve the strategy and operations of U.S. television broadcasting efforts to Cuba. To assist decisionmaker…
  note: statement of Jess T. Ford.
  note: Title from title screen (viewed on July 10, 2009).
  note: "For release ... June 17, 2009."
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  note: Mode of access: Internet from the GAO website. Address as of 7/10/2009: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09758t.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
    geographic code: nwcu---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: TV Marti (U.S.)
  subject:
    topic: Television broadcasting
    geographic: Cuba
  subject:
    topic: Television broadcasting
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Foreign relations
    geographic: Cuba
  subject:
    geographic: Cuba
    topic: Foreign relations
    geographic: United States
  classification: GA 1.5/2:GAO-09-758 T
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Testimony ; GAO-09-758T
  identifier: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS114601
  record info:
    record content source: ESR
    record creation date: 090710
    record change date: 20211202192034.0
    record identifier: in00002496339