The CPB Board of Directors will meet on Monday, April 11 and Tuesday, April 12

For Immediate Release on April 1, 2011

The CPB Board of Directors will meet in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 11 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and Tuesday, April 12 from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm.

On the draft agenda:

Day One (April 11)

• President’s Report to the Board

• Chair’s and Directors’ Remarks

• Committee Chair Reports

• Legislative Update

• PBS Update

• Report on Impact of Funding Reductions: An Independent Assessment

• Education Update

• Update on Public Awareness Initiative

• Report on Public Media Online

• Report on Support for Research

• Review of FY 2012 Preliminary Operating Budget

• Review of FY 2012 Preliminary Business Plan (portions in executive session)

Day Two (April 12)

• Discussion of Digital Funding Priorities (portions in executive session)

• Office of the Ombudsman (portions in executive session)

With the exception of the executive session, the public may attend and listen to these meetings in the Blair-Killian Board Room, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 401 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,400 locally-owned and -operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services.

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