JOHN T. BARBER is a Human Resources Development Specialist with the Broadcasting Board of Governors at the International Broadcasting Bureau in Washington, D.C. The IBB comprises the Voice of America, WORLDNET Television and Film Service, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, and Middle Eastern Radio Network. The BBG is the independent, autonomous entity responsible for all U.S. government and government-sponsored, nonmilitary international broadcasting. The BGA/IBB is the former U.S. Information Agency, which had been under the auspices of the State Department until 1999.