The CPD Media Monitor features collections of news articles, videos, and essays from around the world on critical developments in public diplomacy and world affairs.
Legislative Actions
FEB 18, 2011
Nominations to the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy sent to the Senate
Mountain Runner
The White House announced last night that they sent four nominations for the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy to the Senate. This includes the two the White House announced an intent to nominate in November, Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Mr. Sim Farar.
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FEB 13, 2011
US must ‘ramp up’ fight on Internet censorship
AFP
Faced with aggressive public outreach by China, the United States must ramp up its own efforts and do a better job fighting Internet censorship, a Senate committee report says.
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DEC 23, 2010
The folly of trading an updated budget for a ‘robo budget’ (Sen. Pat Leahy)
The Hill (Blog)
Last week, Republican members who had pledged to support the fiscal year 2011 Omnibus Appropriations Bill changed their minds and chose instead to walk in lockstep with the House and Senate Republican leaders who believe that freezing spending at the fiscal year 2010 level is good politics.
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OCT 8, 2010
A notional model for evaluating public diplomacy
MountainRunner
The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy met last week to discuss its biennial report to appraise U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform, and influence foreign publics. In 2008, the Commission come out with a report on the human resource aspect of public diplomacy.
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AUG 16, 2010
Recalling History: Advisory Commission tells Congress to Expand VOA
MountainRunner.us
On March 30, 1949, in its first semi-annual report by the US Advisory Commission on Information, the predecessor to today's Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, recommended an "immediate and broad expansion of the world-wide information program being conducted by the State Department, including the activities of the Voice of America."
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JUL 28, 2010
Peace Corps Needs Senator Mikulski Tomorrow
The Huffington Post (blog)
There is a lot of talk on Capitol Hill about "smart power" and "soft power" but when it comes to funding programs like the Peace Corps, lawmakers hesitate, or they do not understand how an extra $10 or $20 million dollars is transformative...
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JUL 19, 2010
Updating Smith-Mundt for the 21st Century
The Heritage Foundation (blog)
Since 1948, Cold War legislation has been tying the hands of practitioners of U.S. public diplomacy and international broadcasting. The law in question is the Smith-Mundt Act, which was intended to allow the State Department to counter Soviet propaganda in foreign media...
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JUL 15, 2010
Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2010
MountainRunner.us
On July 13, US Congressmen Mac Thornberry (TX-13) and Adam Smith (D-WA), both members of the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, introduced “The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2010” (H.R. 5729), a bipartisan bill to revise an outdated restriction that interferes with the United States’ diplomatic and military efforts.
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JUL 14, 2010
Tackling the Challenges of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
The Foundry
The new Broadcasting Board of Governors, announced on Friday by the Obama White House, have their work cut out for them.
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JUN 21, 2010
Alhurra’s Effectiveness, Expense Criticized in New Senate Report
ProPublica
Findings in a new U.S. Senate report that questions the effectiveness and costs of continuing Alhurra are leading to renewed calls for congressional hearings on the government-run satellite channel and the broadcasting agency that oversees its work.
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