How Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty top brass fired journalists in Moscow and caused a scandal
BBG Watch Commentary An online openDemocracy.net article, The End of ‘Liberty’ by a former Radio Liberty (RL) Russian…
East European journalist defends Russian broadcasters fired by Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a Polish journalist, Zygmunt Dzieciolowski, co-editor of Russian coverage for…
Pelosi concerned about proposed merger of BBG's independent broadcasters
BBG Watch has learned that the Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D…
RFE/RL President Steven Korn responds to negative media coverage of mass firings at Radio Liberty in Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Steven Korn has responded to a wave of…
Newly-selected director of Radio Liberty Russian Service Masha Gessen will be target of KGB-style pressure campaign
BBG Watch Guest Commentary As the Kremlin orders USAID to pull out of Russia, accusing the U.S. government…
Newly-selected director of Radio Liberty Russian Service Masha Gessen met with Putin, denies role in mass firing of RL staffers
BBG Watch Commentary As the Kremlin orders USAID to pull out of Russia, accusing the U.S. government agency…
Broadcasting Board of Governors staff issues a gag order on Gallup contract, BBG employee union points out
A commentary has been posted on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union AFGE Local 1812 website…
Permanently absent board member Dana Perino to leave Broadcasting Board of Governors but not until the end of the year
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has reported frequently that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Republican member Dana…
Broadcasting Board of Governors not quite sure whether Putin restricts media freedom in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the U.S. federal agency in charge of international news…
Aung San Suu Kyi's visit underscores importance of VOA and RFA radio for freedom advocates in oppressed nations
BBG Watch Commentary On the occasion of VOA’s 70th anniversary this year, Aung San Suu Kyi said it…
Broadcasting Board of Governors staffers resist calls from BBG Governors for public discussion and setting date for audit of Gallup contract
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting last Thursday, September 13, 2012, executive…
Broadcasting Board of Governors staff failed to inform board about dropping EEO policy amendment to protect union members
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executive staff dropped an amendment protecting union members and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors can't do its job in an hour and 15 minutes
BBG Watch Commentary During last Thursday’s open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Washington, DC,…
Former U.S. Senator Norman Coleman among potential Republican candidates for BBG
BBG Watch has learned that unconfirmed reports list former U.S. Senator Norman Coleman is one of the potential…
BBG members and IBB Director Lobo meet with Secretary of State Clinton
The official Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announcement on today’s meeting of BBG members and International Broadcasting Bureau…
BBG open meeting just started, CEO decision announced, Perino again missing
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting has just started and can be viewed live online. BBG…
Senior BBG staff keeping employees in the dark about cuts
The following commentary has just been posted on the AFGE Local 1812 union website which represents hundreds of…
BBG staff tries to rebuff critics on grantee consolidation plan
Senior executive staffers at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) have launched an all-out attack on critics of…
Obama to nominate Jeffrey Shell as BBG Chairman
President Obama says he intends to nominate Jeffrey Shell as Member and Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of…
Still no official BBG word on Board's meeting with Secretary Clinton
We are wondering what prevents the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) senior staff from posting on their official…
Broadcasting Board of Governors members to meet with Secretary of State Clinton amid doubts about their leadership
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that members of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), who…
BBG's Grantee Administrative Streamlining Plan or GASP
So your article yesterday–in the world of government acronyms did the BBG staff look at Grantee Administrative Streamlining…
BBG is structural mess, says former chair Glassman, but are his proposals any better?
BBG Watch Commentary Examiner.com and Gov.Exec.com have reported a comment from the former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Without substantive change, Broadcasting Board of Governors Governance Committee may soon be selling mismanagement under a different name
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Governance Committee, scheduled to…
Working under BBG management is no Labor Day picnic for employees – The Czech Helsinki Committee condemns human rights violations at Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary How can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) proclaim with a straight face that…
BBG's 50 million dollar contract with Gallup gets more scrutiny
Helle Dale of the Heritage Foundation described the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) audience research contract with The…
Broadcasting Board of Governors committee to discuss controversial Gallup contract
The controversial 50 million dollar audience research contract between the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and The Gallup…
BBG Watch reporting on Voice of America 'Parazit' program to Iran enters mainstream media
Last week BBG Watch — www.bbgwatch.com, an independent website run by former and current Broadcasting Board of Governors…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe calls for Broadcasting Board of Governors to disengage from 50 million dollar contract with Gallup
Ambassador Victor Ashe, a Republican member of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), has called for the…
Anonymous employee's message to RFE/RL President Korn – treat your staff as professionals
This message was sent to BBG Watch by an Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist who wants…
Ending the Ponzi Scheme at the Voice of America
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union AFGE Local 1812 has posted on its website another article…
Broadcasting Board of Governors emails document VOA executive's move against independent reporter
BBG Watch Commentary Internal Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) emails posted online by Inner City Press reporter Matthew…
BBG members kept in the dark about Voice of America satirical TV show to Iran being off the air for nine months
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members were reportedly appalled to learn last week for the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors employees post devastating condemnation of top management
BBG Watch Commentary In a devastating expose of mismanagement at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and its…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Managers Rated Some of the Worst in Federal Government
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives are some of the worst managers in the entire federal government according…
Congress Speaks But Nobody Listens at the Broadcasting Board of Governors
“Voice of America (VOA) Worldwide English radio, which, at one time broadcast live 24 hours a day to…
Broadcasting Board of Governors to hold a closed meeting to review staff's budget recommendations
According to the announcement, which has been posted but does not appear on the home page of the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – two silly ideas that went nowhere
It seems that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) staff has been quite busy up on the “Hill”…
Broadcasting Board of Governors builds a costly mousetrap that doesn't work
BBG Watch Commentary New media innovators at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) built their “Weapons of…
Why discussion on innovation produces no comments on BBG blog?
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of Digital and Design Innovation has a blog which claims to…
Question for IBB Director Lobo's "Viewpoint" blog: what will you do about VOA request to deny UN press accreditation to American journalist?
BBG Watch Commentary The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) Director Richard Lobo has launched his own blog: “Viewpoint. Dick…
VOA Director Ensor does not rule out RIFs
Voice of America Director David Ensor does not rule out staff reductions in Central News or English Division,…
BBG lawyers killing time, with taxpayers footing the bill for illegal RIFs
“For the Agency to keep litigating endlessly sends a terrible message to employees: that the BBG considers itself…
CUSIB's Tala Dowlatshahi featured in The Iranian Women in American Journalism Project (IWAJ)
Republished from CUSIB website. The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) board member Tala Dowlatshahi was…
Keeping Radio Liberty Russian Service director in Moscow will make the job of Putin's secret police much easier
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has a new president and new senior managers, none of whom is a…
Anonymous Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty journalist decries human rights violations at the U.S.-funded broadcaster
Alsou Taheri is the pseudonym of a journalist working at Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Prague,…
Half a million hits for BBG Watch
BBG Watch has reached half a miilon hits for its website, www.bbgwatch.com or www.usgbroadcasts.com. A group of current…
BBG's defender of public service Victor Ashe honors VOA Swahili Service, gets award from Poland
BBG Watch Commentary BBG’s defender of public service Victor Ashe honors VOA Swahili Service, gets award from Poland…
July BBG board meeting cancelled due to lack of interest
BBG Watch Commentary How can anyone, particularly members of Congress, take the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) seriously…
CUSIB's Ted Lipien asks BBG to respect rights of independent journalist Matthew Russell Lee
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) co-founder and former Voice of America (VOA) acting…