All posts by Smith-Mundt News
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How a story of Somali Americans in Minnesota gave U.S. government new domestic media powers
As Reported by BBG Watch. BBG Watch Commentary We have all heard this story told countless times by International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and Voice of...
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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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Broadcasting Administrative Manual: Policy on Domestic Distribution of Program Material
 Broadcasting Administrative Manual: Policy on Domestic Distribution of Program Material downloaded from the BBG website on July 28, 2013. Link here. For possible updates,...
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Regulation on Domestic Requests for Broadcasting Board of Governors Material
Source: BBG website, July 28, 2013. Check here for updates. INTERIM FINAL RULE PART 502 – DOMESTIC REQUESTS FOR BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS PROGRAM MATERIALS...
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LIPIEN: Losing the information war
LIPIEN: Losing the information war Washington Times, July 29, 2013 I fear the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 for somewhat … of a previous legal ban on the...
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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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Op-Ed: Federal employees identify US stations for government-paid news
Op-Ed: Federal employees identify US stations for government-paid news … DigitalJournal.com-Jul 27, 2013 … congressional modification in the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act, U.S. officials may try to target Americans with...
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Propaganda Ban Reversal Draws Criticism
Propaganda Ban Reversal Draws Criticism BuzzFeed-Jul 25, 2013 The change to the Smith-Mundt Act, which regulates U.S. public … will not only expose Americans to more government propaganda than ever …