RFA and RFE/RL highlight their journalistic accomplishments in 2013
BBG Watch Commentary Both Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) have posted…
CUSIB welcomes management reforms by Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that members of the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB…
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…
Voice of America ignores U.S. Congress screening of Wałęsa biopic, his return visit to Capitol Hill
BBG Watch Commentary When Lech Wałęsa was leading the Solidarity trade union in the 1980s, the Voice of…
ON THIS THANKSGIVING…
BBG Watch wishes Happy Thanksgiving to our readers, contributors and supporters. The following commentary is reposted from the…
What Would President Obama Tell THIS Cuban Dissident?
As BBG Watch reported, the Voice of America (VOA) English news website failed to post a news on…
Voice of America English News fails to report on Obama meeting with Cuban dissidents
BBG Watch Commentary While VOA English News report “Obama Calls for Updated US Policy on Cuba” lacked both…
A Memo to the Board – The Federalist
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: A Memo to the Board by The Federalist On Wednesday, October 23,…
Letter from illegally RIFed OCB employee reveals personal hardships
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has received text of an email sent to a supporter by one of…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management
BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB’s Executive Director Ann Noonan has called for a new vision and better management for…
CUSIB Director expressed alarm about decline of Voice of America’s ability to cover U.S. and world news
BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB normally does not comment on news content issues, but its Advisory Board members apparently…
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…
Core BBG Activities To Continue During U.S. Government Shutdown – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary As a result of poor management by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and its bureaucratic…
BBG Watch – Two Million Hits Since Launch
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch, our little news and media freedom advocacy website, launched in September 2011…
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…
Salvador’s Story
BBG Watch Commentary From the firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia to the illegal RIF of OCB…
Honesty can be dangerous for BBG employees, union warns
BBG Watch Commentary A union representing federal employees working for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) warned its…
Voice of America management burdens its own broadcasters with getting programs ready for domestic distribution
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA), U.S. taxpayer-funded international broadcaster can barely adequately cover news for…
Employee union, AFGE Local 1812, joins many praising Victor Ashe’s tenure on Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, a union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Victor Ashe got things headed in the right direction at BBG, Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Victor Ashe’s legacy at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be one of being…
Voice of America partially removes misleading language about domestic use of its programs
BBG Watch Commentary In a victory by critics against government officials trying to claim new powers which they…
Former Voice of America journalist says U.S. officials are losing information war abroad
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and journalist Ted Lipien wrote in a…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe accuses top agency officials of wasting taxpayers’ money, prolonging hardships of RIFed employees
BBG Watch Commentary In a strongly-worded statement for the press, Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) only Republican member…
Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station in Greenville appears safe in FY 2014 thanks to efforts by Ashe and NC congressmen
BBG Watch Commentary Thanks to efforts by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Victor Ashe, support of his…
Are IBB officials trying to settle illegal RIF suit or will employee hardships continue?
BBG Watch Commentary We are wondering whether International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) officials–IBB Director Richard Lobo, IBB Deputy Director…
Roxana’s Story
BBG Watch Commentary From the firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia to the illegal RIF of OCB…
After ruining VOA’s reputation and bipartisan support with their mishandling of Smith-Mundt, IBB executives are pushing for de-federalization
BBG Watch Commentary Top executives at the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) have caused major damage to the Voice…
Contrary to claims from Kim Andrew Elliott and IBB officials, Voice of America coverage of Russia does not compare to Radio Liberty reporting
BBG Watch Commentary In arguing for combining all U.S. international broadcasting entities into one and in his frequent…
‘LET THEM EAT ICE CREAM’ on 4th of July – media freedom journalists suffer injustice, humiliation and hardships under IBB
BBG Watch Commentary “While in Miami the lives of many honest, hardworking people are utterly destroyed, here in…
U.S. International Broadcasting “Defunct”—Congress Finally Steps In by Helle Dale, The Heritage Foundation
BBG Watch Commentary Helle Dale, the Heritage Foundations Senior Fellow in Public Diplomacy studies, comments in the Heritage…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe said Office of Cuba Broadcasting should ban smoking on its premises due to health and safety issues
“The recent fire started in the outside smoking area adjacent to the main building. The smoking area has…
Michael Lynton misses another Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting, makes agency ungovernable
BBG Watch Commentary Sources at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report that BBG’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael…
Fire at Radio and TV Marti in Miami, programs to Cuba continue
According to reports, a fire broke out outside the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) Radio and TV Marti…
Beyond BBG press release: Comments from AFGE 1812's Tim Shamble, CUSIB's Ann Noonan
BBG Watch Commentary “Mindful of the damage to RFE/RL’s reputation in Russia caused by the previous RFE/RL management,…
Generous bonuses for poorly performing SES executives at Broadcasting Board of Governors draw criticism
BBG Watch Commentary A list of cash bonuses given to the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), the Voice of…
U.S. court rules a contract employee can bring claims of discrimination against Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another defeat for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) General Counsel (GC) Office,…
BBG executives and lawyers refuse to settle discrimination cases they know they will lose
BBG Watch Commentary The union representing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees, AFGE Local 1812, has been…
Growing consensus that failed Broadcasting Board of Governors executives should leave
BBG Watch Commentary “That is why we call yet again on Congress to exercise its overview functions to…
BBG union president says Voice of America and surrogate broadcasters have different missions
In a letter to The Washington Post, Tim Shamble, president of the AFGE Local 1812 union representing the…
OCB and IBB executives show contempt for employees and law, face criticism from Victor Ashe
BBG Watch Commentary Cheered on by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive staff, the current administration of the…
Single CEO for U.S. International Broadcasting expected in Obama's FY2014 budget proposal
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that President Obama’s FY2014 budget proposal is likely to call for…
Democratic and Republican Congressmen are concerned with BBG's practice of replacing federal employees with contractors
Two U.S. Congressmen from North Carolina, Democrat G.K. Butterfield and Republican Walter B. Jones, have written a letter…
Was damage to Radio Liberty intentional?
This BBG Watch Commentary was written by an anonymous employee. How long until the Governors at the Broadcasting…
Broadcasting Board of Governors officials rebuked on illegal firings of employees, likely to waste millions on further appeals
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) rejected all of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) exceptions to Arbitrator…
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…
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…
Why are BBG program employees leaving while managers remain?
Who will do the work at the Voice of America (VOA) if the current management practices continue at…
Radio Free Asia managers and employees, other BBG broadcasters, oppose merger plan
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plan to merge the grantee-surrogate broadcasters into one large…