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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$64,053,222

U.S. Agency for Global Media·U.S. Agency for Global Media

to RFE/RL INC

diplomacyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-31·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_1060-26-GO-00001_514
Award description

PLANNINGANDOPERATIONSEXPENSESRELATEDTOINTERNATIONALBROADCASTINGINEASTERNEUROPE

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Funds planning and operational expenses for U.S. international radio and television broadcasting services in Eastern Europe.

Sub-sectors
international-broadcastingpublic-diplomacyeastern-europe
Why this matters

Maintains U.S. information presence and soft power in strategically important Eastern European region amid geopolitical tensions.

U.S.–China competition angle

Supports U.S. counter-narrative capabilities in regions where China and Russia compete for influence through media.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002030.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-01
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 135 days
Sources

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