Sen. Wyden, Colleagues Demand Answers on Open Technology Fund Purge
June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on June 24:
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden led a group of his colleagues to demand answers, following reports that the newly appointed head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) purged the Open Technology Fund's (OTF) CEO, President and board in order to politicize the nonprofit OTF, and direct resources to wasteful, secretive projects.
In a letter to USAGM CEO Michael Pack, the lawmakers wrot . . .
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden led a group of his colleagues to demand answers, following reports that the newly appointed head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) purged the Open Technology Fund's (OTF) CEO, President and board in order to politicize the nonprofit OTF, and direct resources to wasteful, secretive projects.
In a letter to USAGM CEO Michael Pack, the lawmakers wrot . . .