1974 Twenty-Seventh Report, U.S. Advisory Commission on Information

1974 Twenty-Seventh Annual Report Recommendations, United States Advisory Commission on Information

Chairman: Hobart Lewis

• Chairman of the Board of Reader’s Digest

Summary:  More hands-on approaches were recommended in this report. The Commission noted that communications of all kinds needed to be improved.

Major Recommendations:

• The U.S. Information Agency (USIA) should improve its communications and relations with Congress.
• The Agency and Congress should pay urgent attention to developing superpower shortwave transmitters.
• USIA needs to have a permanent memory bank.
• Review all aspects of the Cultural Affairs Officer position (recommended in previous Reports 19 and 20).
• Members of Congress should visit posts abroad, staying long enough to grasp the nature of the operations.
• Continue extending invitations to Members of Congress to participate in exhibits or programs at centers, libraries, or bi-national centers.
• Make copies of the Agency’s “Wireless File” available to Congress.
• Make greater use of research (recommended consistently).
• Strive to become the model agency for equal opportunity.