The one that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded advertising outlets around the world was recently renamed as an executive order by President Trump.
Trump ordered the agency’s heads, mostly unknowable ones that deal with issues like homelessness prevention and labor mediation, to abolish all responsibilities that are not legally required.
The US Agency for Global Media, the parent company of Voice of America, is a legally separate agency under the US Constitution. With more than 2,000 people and a budget of about$ 270 million, the organization broadcasts in 49 language. It has an estimated regular crowd of more than 361 million people, according to estimates. Some journalists and other Voice of America employees were informed that many of them were taking administrative leave by Saturday morning, according to an email that The New York Times reviewed.
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and the Minority Business Development Agency are the other organizations that were Friday targeted. The entities ‘ heads must post their ideas within seven days to comply with the order.
