Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on
the United States Information Agency's (USIA) Office of Cuba
Broadcasting (OCB), focusing on the: (1) OCB reinvention plan; (2)
role and use of OCB research analysts; (3) reasons behind a former
OCB director's resignation; (4) extent to which Radio Marti is in
compliance with Voice of America (VOA) broadcast standards; and (5)
investigation into allegations of management reprisals at OCB. GAO
found that: (1) the OCB plan to reduce costs and eliminate
nonessential staff was consistent with overall executive branch
goals and the recommendations of the Radio Marti/TV Marti advisory
panel, but was not based on a comprehensive cost-benefit assessment
of key OCB departments and support functions; (2) the former
director of OCB resigned because of frustration stemming from his
unsuccessful attempts to further streamline OCB or implement the
reinvention plan; (3) in 1992, OCG removed research analysts from
on-air programming, and questions began to surface about their
policy compliance role; (4) current news and program officials
believe that the analytical unit's services have diminished in
importance; (5) the USIA Office of Inspector General (OIG) is
investigating allegations of management reprisals in OCB, but the
investigation has been controversial because of the release of
partial information and affidavits during the investigation; and
(6) USIA referred the conduct of the OIG investigation to the
President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency for investigation.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
