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The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for overseeing and funding U.S. government-supported media organizations that provide news, information, and cultural programming to audiences around the world.[1] It was formerly known as the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) until 2018 when the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 restructured and rebranded it as the USAGM.[2]
USAGM oversees several media organizations,[1][2] including:
- Radio Free Europe
- Radio Free Asia
- Middle East Broadcasting Networks
- Office of Cuba Broadcasting
- Voice of America
USAGM also supports the Open Technology Fund, which launched in 2019 and which the USAGM website describes as "an independent grantee tasked with developing and distributing cutting-edge technologies and techniques to counter efforts by repressive regimes and closed societies."[2]