AFGE Local 1812 on FEVS and Bad Morale at VOA, Marti, USAGM
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary As the Advisory Board members prepare for their June 5th U.S. Agency for…
Employee Survey Time 2018 at Broadcasting Board of Governors
OPINION Employee Survey Time 2018 US International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist It’s time…
Kenneth Timmerman: Toxic Culture At Voice Of America Exposed In Discrimination Lawsuit
BBG Watch Commentary Kenneth R. Timmerman, an investigative journalist, Republican political activist, president of Foundation for Democracy in…
Biden ignores RFE/RL, VOA, BBG in Foreign Affairs article on Russian propaganda
OPINION An important article in Foreign Affairs on Russia’s propaganda and disinformation against the West, “How to Stand…
Broadcasting Board of Governors declared worst place to work
BBG Watch Commentary The Partnership for Public Service has released its 2017 Best Places to Work in the…
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…
Voice of America like DNC was strongly for Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) was for Hillary Clinton in 2016, as was the Democratic…
Low morale is an existential threat to BBG mission, union says
BBG Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees union, AFGE Local 1812, representing federal employees at the…
Leadership and experience matter, as Radio and TV Martí Director shows
BBG Watch Commentary While the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which runs Radio and TV Martí, is part…
BBG, VOA union employees give an F to top leaders
BBG Watch Federal employees who are members of American Federation of Government Employees AFGE Local 1812 union, which…
‘Moving Forward, VOA Haunted by Its Past,’ BBG employees’ union says
BBG Watch Commentary The last few weeks brought more bad news for Voice of America (VOA) employees. This…
Voice of America employee says VOA should not be de-federalized as punishment for inept management
BBG Watch A Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee sent email to the two U.S. Senators from the…
Proposed privatization of Voice of America widely opposed
BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that a proposed privatization of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA)…
BBG Contract Employees $400M Class Action Complaint EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary This article covers legal issues. Please read our Disclaimers and Terms of Use. …
Union warned about abuses behind $400M class action suit against BBG
BBG Watch Commentary AFGE Local 1812, the union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees, had warned repeatedly…
Misclassified: BBG faces $400mn lawsuit over contracting practices, report claims — RT USA reports
BBG Watch Commentary RT USA, the English language website of Russia’s overseas propaganda media outlet RT, is reporting…
News Censorship and Assault on Voice of America Charter
BBG Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, has revealed new shocking information about…
AFGE Local 1812 and Lady Liberty
BBG Watch We are catching up on some of the activities of the American Federation of Government Employees…
Union pleased with reform bill protecting ‘journalistic integrity’ of Voice of America news
BBG Watch A union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) posted online a commentary…
DAVID JACKSON How to Save the Voice of America
BBG Watch Media Former Voice of America (VOA) director David S. Jackson has published an opinion article on…
Broadcasting Board of Governors recognizes labor rights victory of Voice of America U.S. citizen journalists
BBG Watch Commentary In November 2012, in a message to Agency employees, former International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) Director…
Broadcasting Board of Governors union opposes de-federalization as bad for America’s image abroad
BBG Watch BBG Watch is reposting a recent article by, American Federation of Government Employees – AFGE Local…
Ed Royce in WSJ on countering Putin’s information weapons of war
BBG Watch Commentary Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the…
20% Of Cubans Report Listening To Radio Marti, actual number likely much higher
BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced in a press release that “twenty percent of Cubans…
Illegally fired Radio and TV Marti journalists returning to OCB on Monday EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch Exclusive Thanks to the intervention of Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell, who ordered…
Union calls for the rule of law at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch “The Broadcasting Board of Governors lost again in their fight to deny U.S. citizens the priority…
Rebuke to old management, top lawyers at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Top lawyers at the Broadcasting Broadcasting Board of Governors have received yet another major rebuke…
More RIFs and partial de-federalization at Voice of America proposed as Andy Lack leaves BBG
BBG Watch Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Once again the entrenched bureaucracy of the Broadcasting…
Good news for free journalism in Cuba – some illegally fired Radio and TV Marti staffers to be reinstated by BBG – EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In a development that reflects well on the current Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) broad,…
Assistant Secretary Nuland praises BBG Russia broadcasts, agrees with Chairman Royce on need for BBG reform
BBG Watch Ambassador Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State in charge of the Bureau of European and Eurasian…
FY2016 Budget Proposal calls for de-federalization of Radio and TV Marti to Cuba and VOA Latin American outreach
BBG Watch Commentary FY2016 Administration Budget Proposal for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) calls for de-federalization of…
Burke Award Recipient has Possessions Seized in Cuba – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary With the pressure from the Castro regime on the Obama Administration to close down Radio…
If we are behind Russia and China, that will change, BBG director Andy Lack tells NYT
BBG Watch In an interview with New York Times reporter Ron Nixon, newly sworn-in Chief Executive Officer and…
Voice of America Information War Lost: From Malfeasance To Perdition
BBG Watch Commentary International and U.S. media do not frequently comment on U.S. international media agency, the Broadcasting…
A Time to Give Thanks
BBG Watch Commentary Happy Thanksgiving to all BBG Watch readers and contributors. We repost today a commentary by…
Washington Post cites BBG Watch on poor news coverage and mismanagement at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Washington Post columnist Joe Davidson has cited BBG Watch reporting on U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
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…
Voice of America union discusses THE SILENCE OF THE VOICE on U.S. elections night
BBG Watch Commentary International audiences listening to Voice of America English radio news online and on shortwave, including…
Illegally RIFed Radio & TV Marti journalists look to another disappointing Christmas
BBG Watch Commentary Despite repeated promises from Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) board members that the agency is…
Voice of America and Secret Service: Very Different, Very Similar
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
BBG employee union calls for change in senior management to counter declining staff morale
BBG Watch Commentary In response to precipitous declines in employee morale and employee trust in senior leaders at…
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…
Memo to Andy Lack From A Disgusted, Yet Hopeful VOA Journalist
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Questions from a Voice of America Journalist
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
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…
Union comments on improper contracting by BBG – IBB – VOA – OCB officials
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reposts a commentary by AFGE Local 1812. It deals with employment of private…
Former BBG Governor Ashe welcomes news of Andy Lack as CEO
BBG Watch Commentary Former Broadcasting Board of Governor (BBG) member and CUSIB member Victor Ashe welcomed the selection…
H.R. 4490 would provide adult supervision for BBG and Voice of America, Heritage scholar says
BBG Watch Commentary Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation and the author of the book…