{"id":42940,"date":"2016-07-12T08:47:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T12:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=42940"},"modified":"2016-07-12T08:47:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T12:47:40","slug":"bbg-names-first-director-of-internet-freedom-program-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=42940","title":{"rendered":"BBG names first director of Internet Freedom Program Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE<\/a><\/h2>\n

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BBG names first director of Internet Freedom Program Office<\/h1>\n

July 8, 2016<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 <\/span>The Broadcasting Board of Governors today named engineer and attorney Dr. Nnake Nweke as the first-ever Director of its newly created Office of Internet Freedom.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled that Dr. Nweke is stepping into this new and critical role,\u201d said BBG CEO and Director John F. Lansing.\u00a0 \u201cHe brings a wealth of technology, engineering and cybersecurity experience from both the public and the private sectors, and I\u2019m confident that his outstanding leadership will help further strengthen our efforts to counter censorship of BBG-funded, affiliated, or supported content, and other credible, independent news and information.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DR. NNAKE NWEKE Director of the Internet Freedom Program Office<\/p><\/div>\n

As Director of the new Office of Internet Freedom, Dr. Nweke will serve as the principal advisor to the BBG Board, the CEO, and BBG\u2019s five networks \u2013 the Voice of America, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks \u2013 on technological and innovative efforts to circumvent Internet censorship around the globe. \u00a0In this role, Dr. Nweke will lead the development of the BBG\u2019s strategies on combating Internet censorship and will study its impact on BBG programming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dr. Nweke\u2019s accomplished career includes more than 15 years of experience in information and communications technology, cybersecurity, Internet policy, engineering systems and technology policy.<\/p>\n

Most recently, he served as a branch chief in the Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).\u00a0 Earlier, he worked as a senior engineer in the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC\u2019s Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, as well as a senior staff member of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a Technical Specialist\/Patent Agent for a Washington, D.C. law firm, and a research engineer at the National Security Agency.<\/p>\n

In January 2015, Dr. Nweke founded the Science and Technology Policy Center for Development.\u00a0 The organization\u2019s mission is to advance knowledge and assist in the development and implementation of robust, comprehensive science and technology policies that achieve sustained economic growth in developing nations, particularly in Africa.<\/p>\n

Dr. Nweke has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.<\/p>\n

He has earned a series of professional honors, including the Meritorious Award from the FCC\u2019s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau in recognition of his outstanding contributions to enhance the security of the United States\u2019 communications network infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The creation of the Office of Internet Freedom solidifies BBG as a leader in this increasingly important area.\u00a0 Internet Freedom is an interagency effort that seeks to overcome attempts to interfere with, monitor, censor and prevent people overseas from using the Internet as an open platform on which to communicate, innovate, learn, organize and express themselves.<\/p>\n

Dr. Nweke\u2019s tenure as Director is scheduled to commence on July 25.<\/p>\n

About the BBG<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency supervising all U.S. government-supported, civilian international media. Its mission is to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy. BBG networks include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Mart\u00ed). BBG programming has a measured audience of 226 million in more than 100 countries and in 61 languages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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