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NSIAD-93-286R 1 (1993-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackki0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-254733 September 17, 1993 149939 The Honorable Joseph R. ..Blden, Jr. Chairman, Subcommittee on European Affairs Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your questions, we are providing information regarding the executive branch's proposal to consolidate U.S. international broadcasting activities. As you are aware, we have been reviewing the cost and other issues related to the proposed consolidation. This information supplements and updates the briefings we provided your staff in July. While the lack of a detailed plan for the consolidation prohibits us from developing exact cost and savings estimates, we nevertheless address your questions about (1) whether operating Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as an office within the United States Information Agency, would be less expensive than retaining a private corporation (see enclosure I), (2) whether the costs of downsizing and federalizing RFE/RL could exceed $130 million (see enclosure II), and (3) whether the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) estimates of RFE/RL's and the Voice of America's (VOA's) administrative support costs appear accurate (see enclosure III). We have addressed your other questions in these responses. We conducted this review from April 1993 to September 1993 and reviewed documents, and met with officials from RFE/RL; the U.S. Information Agency; the Board for International Broadcasting; and the Office of Management and Budget. We based termination costs on the OMB assumption that RFE/RL would cease to exist as of September 30, 1995, and would continue to meet its personnel and contractural obligations until then. Regarding the President's consolidation plan, estimates of the cost of downsizing were based on information available as of June 1993. GAO/NSIAD-93-286R International Broadcasting OSTOct/

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