The head of the American state needs most to reduce the USAGM agency activities, which controls the work of many famous media.
US president Donald Trump has signed a mandate for the destruction of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM). It controls the job Liberty Radio, American voices (VOICE OF AMERICA, VOA) and six other federal institutions. The corresponding document has been published on the White House website.
The head of the American state needs most to reduce agency activities, remove “hazing” and significantly reduce the number of personnel.
The centered center named at Woodrow Wilson, labor disputes agencies, supporting homeless, financing museums, libraries and poverty programs also fell under the reduction.
The leaders of these departments are required to submit a report on the implementation of the White House budget administration until March 21.
The New York Times records that this step can be a test of the boundaries of the President’s powers, as USAGM is an independent agency according to Congress’s decision.
USAGM is currently in charge of five American international media networks who have been broadcast in 49 languages and occupies a weekly audience of 361 million people. The agency’s budget is about $ 270 million.
Different American media the note that a significant number of employees American voices They were sent to an “administrative” vacation, starting Saturday, without the right to access mail and the work performance forming the activities of this international broadcaster.
In emails sent by the head of the U.S. Global Media Agency personnel (USAGM), the Mother’s agency American voicesThey were ordered not to enter the working rooms and without access to internal systems.
International broadcaster representatives learned about suspension of federal financing from a letter signed by Kara Lake, a US agency agency advisor for global media – a government organization with budget financing, compliance America’s voice And Liberty Radio.
Remember, the Department of Excellence of the Public Administration, led by Billions -Billions of Ilon Musk, has suspended the financing of Yale University’s humanitarian research laboratory, which helped find for the Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
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