Groups Push CPB For More Changes

GROUPS PUSH CPB FOR MORE CHANGES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Corporation For Public Broadcasting board is meeting this week, in part to consider proposed changes in the wake of an Inspector General's report finding problems with its governance. Common Cause and Center for Digital Democracy give CPB credit for some "important steps to ending political tests in hiring and offering protection to whistle-blowers," but say that in other areas, CPB "appears unwilling to make changes that would ensure more transparency and accountability." The groups say that on April 7, a board subcommittee rejected financial disclosure requirements. “It appears that the current CPB board leadership isn't interested in serious governance rules," the group said in a statement Monday. The full board was scheduled to consider those requirements yesterday. The board is scheduled to vote on a boatload of measures to update and strengthen governance and external controls at the nonprofit corporation, which oversees the distribution of government funds to noncommercial TV and radio.
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