USAGM Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

Regs.gov: United States Agency for Global Media

Published November 27th, 2024

Detected March 15th, 2026

Summary

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has issued a notice for a closed meeting of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board (IBAB) on December 11, 2024. The meeting will discuss hiring decisions for entity heads and the development of internal rules and practices.

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The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has published a notice regarding a closed meeting of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board (IBAB) scheduled for December 11, 2024. The meeting, which will be held in Prague, is closed to the public under specific exemptions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, including those related to internal rules and personnel decisions. The IBAB will deliberate on hiring certain entity heads and on developing internal rules and practices governing its processes and functions.

This notice serves as an informational update for the public and does not impose new compliance obligations or deadlines on regulated entities. Compliance officers should note the meeting's purpose, which involves internal governance and personnel matters for the IBAB and USAGM. No specific actions are required from external parties based on this notice, but information on potential changes to the meeting schedule will be posted on the IBAB website.

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TIME AND DATE:

December 11, 2024; 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Local Time.

PLACE:

On December 11, 2024, the Board will meet at: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Headquarters, Vinohradská 159a, 100 00 Prague
10.

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, 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 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 purpose for closing the meeting is so that the IBAB may decide on hiring certain entity heads. The closed meeting also
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), (6) 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).