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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In plain English

Funds planning and operations for RFE/RL's international broadcasting services in Eastern Europe through September 2026.

Sub-sectors

international-broadcastingeastern-europepublic-diplomacy

Why this matters

RFE/RL provides independent news to audiences in authoritarian regions; this ongoing funding sustains U.S. soft power and information access in strategically contested territories.

U.S.–China competition angle

Supports U.S. information presence in regions where China and Russia compete for geopolitical influence through state media.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-05. Cost: $0.002817.

Period of performance

Start

2025-10-01

End

2026-09-30

Status

activein 92 days

Recipient

RFE/RL INC

UEI JNXVYWEXC959

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Sources

USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →
SAM.gov entity registration →
Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_1060-26-GO-00001_514.

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