USAGM Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

Regs.gov: United States Agency for Global Media

Published October 1st, 2024

Detected March 15th, 2026

Summary

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has announced a closed Sunshine Act meeting for the International Broadcasting Advisory Board (IBAB) on October 18, 2024. The meeting will focus on developing internal rules and practices for the Board and USAGM entities.

View original document View source feed page

What changed

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has issued a notice for a closed Sunshine Act meeting of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board (IBAB) scheduled for October 18, 2024. The meeting, which will be held at the Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington, DC, is closed to the public based on exemptions related to the development of internal rules and practices. The notice specifies that publicizing these deliberations would hinder the implementation of proposed processes and rules for IBAB and USAGM entities.

Compliance officers should note that this is an informational notice regarding a government agency meeting, not a regulatory change imposing new obligations. No specific actions are required from regulated entities. The meeting's closure is based on specific exemptions under the Government in the Sunshine Act, and further information can be obtained from the designated contact person at USAGM.

Source document (simplified)

Content

TIME AND DATE:

October 18, 2024, 9 a.m.-10:15 a.m. ET.

PLACE:

On October 18 2024, the Board will meet at: Wilbur J. Cohen Building, 330 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20237.

STATUS:

This meeting will be closed to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

The International Broadcasting Advisory Board (Board) will conduct a meeting closed to the public at the date and time listed
above. Board Members (membership includes Chair Kenneth Jarin, Luis Botello, Jamie Fly, Jeffrey Gedmin, Michelle Giuda, Kathleen
Matthews, Under Secretary Lee Satterfield (Secretary of State's Representative)), Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency
for Global Media (USAGM), the USAGM General Counsel and Acting Board Secretary to the Board, the Secretariat to the Board,
and recording secretaries will attend the closed meeting. Certain USAGM staff members who may be called on to brief or support
the Board also may attend.

The USAGM General Counsel and Acting Board Secretary has certified that, in his opinion, exemptions set forth in the Government
in the Sunshine Act, in particular 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (6), and (9)(B), permit closure of this meeting.

The entirety of the Board's membership approved the closing of this meeting.

The closed meeting will focus on discussing the development of internal rules and practices to govern Board processes and
functions. This includes developing processes or rules relating to IBAB, USAGM, and the USAGM entities. Publicizing these
deliberations would frustrate the implementation of the very items they will be proposing. [This related to (2) and (9).]

In the event that the time, date, or location of this meeting changes, IBAB will post an announcement of the change, along
with the new time, date, and/or place of the meeting on its website at https://www.ibab.gov.

Although a separate federal entity, USAGM prepared this notice and will continue to support the Board in accordance with 22
U.S.C. 6205(g).