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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 3, 1999

        PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ALBERTO J. MORA AS A MEMBER OF THE
                     BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

     The President today announced his intent to nominate Alberto J.

Mora to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

Alberto J. Mora, of Florida, is a current member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and an attorney in private practice with the Washington office of the law firm of Greenberg Traurig. He served as General Counsel for the U.S. Information Agency from 1989-1993. In addition, Mr. Mora is a former Foreign Service Officer with the State Department.

Mr. Mora received a B.A., with honors, from Swarthmore College in 1974 and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1981.

The Broadcasting Board of Governors was created by the International Broadcasting Act of 1994. The nine-member Board is responsible for policy direction and budgetary oversight for all of the entities comprising the consolidated international broadcasting assets of the United States government. These entities include Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America, Radio and Television Marti, and Radio Free Asia. Currently affiliated with the United States Information Agency (USIA), the Board will become an independent Federal Agency in October 1999.

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