Big Mistake in Rewarding Failed Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Managers
Big Mistake To Reward Failed Voice of America Managers A Commentary By The Federalist Quite possibly the worst…
Miracle Explanation of VOA’s Afghanistan Disaster
Voice of America (VOA) Acting Director Yolanda López‘s miracle explanation of the U.S. Agency for Global Media’s (USAGM)…
Voice of America and USAGM Need Rescue
Voice of America and USAGM need rescue and good leadership as the U.S. Senate contemplates the nomination of…
Catching Up on USAGM: Biden’s U.S. Agency for Global Media Head Reinstates Executives Suspended by Michael Pack, Criticizes Him and His Appointees
USAGM Watch Commentary The Hill and other U.S. media reported in late February 2021 that five individuals, described in…
USAGM CEO Blames Former Agency and Voice of America Heads for Massive Security Breaches
USAGM Watch Commentary Michael Pack, Trump-appointed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), was interviewed by…
Some VOA Newsroom Employees Complain About USAGM Release of OPM Report on Security Breaches
OPINION By Dan Robinson Report Detailed Violations in Background Investigation Procedures That USAGM CEO Michael Pack Says Placed…
U.S. Agency for Global Media Statement: CEO Pack releases OPM report detailing long-standing USAGM security failures
CEO Pack releases OPM report detailing long-standing USAGM security failures August 4, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Agency for…
USAGM: Past Agency Leaders Ignored National Security Procedures, Failed to Adequately Vet Staff
USAGM Watch Commentary By Dan Robinson OPM Report Details Serious Deficiencies That New USAGM CEO Says Placed U.S.…
Union explains why BBG remains worst-managed federal agency
BBG Watch Commentary In two recent posts on its website and Facebook page, the union representing many of…
BBG sank deeper into last place in employee morale under Lansing and Bennett, 2017 OPM FEVS results show
BBG Watch Commentary The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) detailed results for 2017, which were released by the…
Obama signs off on reducing status of Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary President Barack Obama has signed into law S. 2943, the “National Defense Authorization Act for…
BBG dead last among mid-size federal agencies in Best Places to Work 2016 Rankings
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the Voice of America (VOA), BBG’s largest federal…
Voice of America failed to report Ben Rhodes represented Obama at Castro funeral
BBG Watch Commentary Practically defunct (Hillary Clinton’s words), U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) failed…
Agencies Hit Goal for Hiring of Disabled, But BBG Stays at the Bottom
BBG Watch Commentary According to FEDweek website’s Federal Manager’s Daily Report, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reported that…
20 Excellent Years for Voice of America Bosnian Service
BBG Watch The Voice of America’s (VOA) Bosnian Service has been one of the most successful VOA services…
Employee morale commitment letter from BBG CEO
BBG Watch Commentary As the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is distributing links for federal employees to participate…
Broadening of $400 million class action lawsuit against Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington, D.C. law firm, Themis PLLC, has broadened its $400 million class action lawsuit,…
FedSmith, FEDweek list Broadcasting Board of Governors as one of the worst federal agencies for employees
BBG Watch Media FedSmith.com In a December 8, 2015 article, “What Are the Worst Agencies to Work for…
OPINION: Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War?
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War? What Information War? The Agency Is Dead – Unprecedented Irrelevance…
On the eve of Town Hall meeting, BBG employees present a plea to new CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE On the eve of the Town Hall to Introduce CEO John Lansing, scheduled for Tuesday,…
Employee morale at Broadcasting Board of Governors declined under new leadership
BBG Watch According to the Partnership for Public Service, which uses data from the Office of Personnel Management’s…
On International Women’s Day women do not fare well at some Broadcasting Board of Governors media entities
BBG Watch Commentary March 8 was celebrated in some parts of the world as International Women’s Day. According…
Broadcasting Board of Governors has the worst-rated senior leaders in federal government
BBG Watch Commentary Something to consider for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) new director, Andy Lack, who…
VOA Director David Ensor Takes Shots at Ambassador, Former VOA Reporters, and NGO Media Watch Dog
BBG Watch Commentary VOICE OF AMERICA DIRECTOR DAVID ENSOR, DEC. 16, 2014: ” . . . [in response…
CUSIB Applauds Breakthrough in the BBG’s 5-year Log Jam for Radio and TV Marti Workers
BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has welcomed the news…
Spirit Day Celebration at Broadcasting Board of Governors As Respect For Senior Leaders and Employee Morale Plummet
BBG Watch Commentary The following notice was emailed to Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal employees, including Voice…
Advice for Andy Lack from a Voice of America journalist
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Voice of America Management Call to VOA Journalists: Volunteer for Ebola Vaccine And Report on Your Experience
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from several current and former…
Voice of America senior leaders must leave to make VOA effective and improve morale
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Putin’s Russian victimhood on VOA
BBG Watch Commentary “Western media both expose, but often just report, Putin’s Russian victimhood propaganda claims, while poor…
BBG Watch passes 3.5 million hits mark
BBG Watch Commentary We were short-staffed and busy recently with posting a number of new stories and commentaries…
OPM employee survey shows leadership crisis at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The initial Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) results from the 2014 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey…
Execs with worst communication skills in charge of U.S. world media outreach at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary A just released study by the Partnership for Public Service found that the Broadcasting Board…
House Passes U.S. International Broadcasting Reform Bill
BBG Report and Commentary Saying the United States is “losing the information battle” with Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
Congressman Duncan honors Ambassador Ashe for BBG service, BBG Watch reporting cited in Congressional Record
United States Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. from Tennessee, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and…
Union says ‘Yadda, Yadda, Yadda…’ to Voice of America official claiming improvement of morale will take 3 to 5 years
BBG Watch Commentary The following editorial was published by American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, which…
‘THE IMPLAUSIBLE MISSION’ – BBG employees’ union on massive violations of VOA Charter by VOA and IBB executives
‘THE IMPLAUSIBLE MISSION’ is the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees’ union commentary on massive violations of the…
Memo To The Board #3 – The Ice Age – from The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Memo To The Board #3: The…
U.S. government-funded international media lost audiences in Middle East and other key regions
BBG Watch Commentary According to new audience research data released by the Broadcasting Board of…
If Richard Lobo did not make his agency ‘defunct’ – who did? Hillary Clinton?
BBG Watch Commentary As reported on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website, at an agency-wide staff meeting on…
Union Comments on Initial BBG Results from the 2013 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey
BBG Watch Commentary AFGE Local 1812, a union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Voice of America ignores Presidential Proclamation on International Day of the Girl, 2013
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) English news website was late and superficial in reporting on…
Where Voice of America failed on Malala news story, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty did not
BBG Watch Commentary We have reported extensively on how the Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover Pakistani…
New BBG Chairman Reportedly Told Top IBB and VOA Officials to Cancel Planned Trip to Paris
BBG Watch Commentary Well-placed sources told BBG Watch that the new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff…
Reforming U.S. international broadcasting agency won’t be easy as entrenched bureaucrats try to hold on to their jobs
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting,…
BBG Chairman Jeff Shell will head Universal, reports say
BBG Watch Commentary The Los Angeles Times and other media reported that Jeff Shell, a longtime Comcast Corp.…
China Radio International and CCTV among many broadcasters ahead of VOA in reporting on 2020 Tokyo Olympics
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) correspondents who are at odds with top executives over news handling…
Growth of International Broadcasting Bureau – IBB Staff – FY 07-14
BBG Watch Commentary As International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executives eliminated language services and U.S. international broadcasting programming positions…
Former BBG Governor Ashe welcomes promise of federal pay raise, warns of anti-labor animus
BBG Commentary Beloved by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) rank and file employees and feared by International Broadcasting…
Voice of America is late in posting news stories, gets pummeled by BBC, Russia Today and Al Jazeera in social media engagement
BBG Watch Commentary Consequences of allowing the worst management team in the federal government to continue to run…