Heritage Foundation's
Project 2025

Chapter 8 - Media Agencies

• Redefine USAGM's mission to focus more on presenting a positive view of America and American policy
• Eliminate the "firewall" regulation that protects editorial independence of USAGM networks
• Consolidate USAGM under direct supervision of the State Department or National Security Council
• Implement stricter oversight and control of USAGM content by government agencies
• Remove staff deemed to have anti-American viewpoints
• Reduce USAGM's budget from over $800 million to less than $700 million per year
• Consolidate and reduce language services deemed "redundant"
• Eliminate the Open Technology Fund and reinstate the Office of Internet Freedom
• Implement stricter visa regulations for foreign journalists working at USAGM, replacing J-1 visas with I visas
• Emphasize shortwave radio transmission over web-based technologies
• Implement stricter vetting processes for USAGM staff
• Transfer personnel security programs and suitability determinations to the Department of Defense and Office of Personnel Management
• Implement stronger measures to protect USAGM journalists in high-risk situations
• Completely defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
• Remove NPR and PBS's noncommercial educational (NCE) status
• Revoke reserved spectrum privileges for NPR and PBS stations
• Exclude NPR and PBS stations from FCC licensing fee exemptions
• Create a specific office in the White House or National Security Council to liaise with USAGM
• Increase accountability of USAGM to the State Department's Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs and Undersecretary for Diplomacy and Public Affairs
• Overhaul the agency with review from Congress to "modernize, streamline, and reduce waste"