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…
Voice of America snubs White House aide Ben Rhodes speaking on VOA’s future, Russia’s RT had a report
BBG Commentary Whether it was a deliberate snub or yet another example of management and news reporting meltdown…
BBG hears from the White House, CUSIB
BBG Watch Commentary In remarks to the Board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Assistant to the…
AFGE Local 1812 union defends H.R. 4490 reforms for Voice of America
BBG Watch American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, a union representing federal employees at the Broadcasting…
Are VOA Contractors Really Employees? – Commentary by AFGE Local 1812
BBG Watch AFGE Local 1812, which represents Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees has posted a commentary on…
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,…
BBG union continues strong support for H.R. 4490 U.S. broadcasting reform
BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, continues to offer strong support for the…
Is it news, or is it propaganda? – Op-Ed in The Hill by Mollie King of IBB and formerly Voice of America
BBG Watch Mollie King, a program analyst within the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) under the Broadcasting Board of…
Maximum Hubris Revisited: Some Predictions, and Cutting Through the Propaganda – ROBINSON OP-ED
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Dan Robinson, former Voice of America…
Agency admits it fired workers who reported wastefulness to Congress, WT reports
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Times reported that “in a notice recently posted in the Broadcasting Board of…
Former BBG member Ashe comments on expected settlement of OCB employees’ case
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned and reported earlier that thanks to the intervention of Broadcasting Board…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Audit finds low morale at U.S. Radio and TV Marti to Cuba, California paper reports
BBG Watch Commentary “Low morale still plagues the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the U.S. government organization responsible for…
Voice of America Newsroom opponents of H.R. 4490 outnumbered at union meeting by bill’s supporters
BBG Watch Commentary Several sources told BBG Watch that at a AFGE Local 1812 union meeting last week…
Bad Management Threatens Voice of America’s Future
Commentary This commentary was sent to BBG Watch by VOA broadcaster who must remain anonymous. The Voice of…
Voice of America – Information War Lost: For or Against Agency Reform?
BBG Watch Commentary The best way for a small group of well-meaning but completely misguided and unrealistic Voice…
Can Publicly Financed Journalism Ever Be Honest? – GAWKER and ROBINSON
BBG Watch Commentary An article by Hamilton Nolan in Gawker about a bipartisan bill designed to reform the…
Fixing U.S. International Broadcasting – At Last! – MULHAUPT and WIMBUSH
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best reasoned and most coherent articles in favor of reforming the…
BBG union comes under pressure for supporting H.R. 4490 bipartisan reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812 union known for winning lawsuits to save…
Voice of America ignores U.S. Marine Andrew Tahmooressi in Mexican prison, visit from Congressmen Royce and Salmon
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has almost completely ignored the arrest and subsequent detention…
BBG governor stands alone supporting Reform Act
BBG Watch Commentary A copy of a memo that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan sent…
IBB – BBG Debacles – Legal by Jane Doe
BBG Watch Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the…
Representative Kaptur Speaks With RFE/RL And VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) continues its excellent in depth coverage of events…
Voice of America employee union supports H.R. 4490 reform bill criticized by VOA director
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, welcomed recent support…
Crossing The Line
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America – Information War Lost: Crossing The Line By The Federalist The…
Rep. Ed Royce: The danger to Voice of America is maintaining the status quo
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has published a Letter…
Face Off
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau Go Ahead: Try To Make Us Accountable – Information War Lost: Face…
How Effective Is the BBG in 2014? – Radio World asks
BBG Watch Commentary In an article in Radio World, “How Effective Is the BBG in 2014?,” Randy J. Stine quotes…
David Ensor on Combating Propaganda in Ukraine with Voice of America programs
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) failed to cover a gathering of…
Biden, U.S. Congress delegation not mentioned in VOA video report from Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Even though the VOA Charter requires the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America to “present the…
WP editorial: Voice of America needs to keep its objective voice, BBG Watch agrees
BBG Watch Commentary We do not disagree with the Washington Post editorial, “Voice of America needs to keep…
Another Ruling, Another Judge, Another Decision For the Employees – op-ed by AFGE Local 1812
BBG Watch Commentary The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Law Judge slammed the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Federal Labor Relations Authority Judge slams BBG for law violations
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Federal Labor Relations Authority Law Judge slammed the Broadcasting…
Living In The Past
BBG Watch Commentary We find it ironic that while many rank-and-file Voice of America journalists and other employees…
LAT Op-Ed: Back off, Congress, and keep Voice of America real, by VOA corespondent Al Pessin
BBG Watch Commentary Al Pessin, a senior VOA foreign correspondent currently based in London, has written another op-ed…
Voice of America to target Americans despite ban on funding domestic news distribution, critics say
BBG Watch Commentary In a politically unwise press release, which according to critics at best violates the spirit…
Voice of America gives Obama – Poroshenko meeting announcement two sentences
BBG Watch Commentary Rudderless and floundering Voice of America (VOA) English News devoted only two sentences to the…
The VOA Mission: Long May It Wave – AFGE Local 1812 Editorial on VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary We repost an editorial from the union representing federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of…
McCue’s Resignation Letter: Tribute to BBG Journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Board member Susan McCue’s resignation letter to President Obama is…
Senate confirms Susan McCue as MCC’s board member, big loss for BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Susan McCue is credited with initiating management reforms at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
Former BBG member Ashe critical of BBG Governor Armstrong’s rebuke of Congress
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Governor Matt Armstrong about the bipartisan United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014 (H.R.…
California paper picks up Miami Herald report on OCB journalists’ latest legal victory
BBG Watch Commentary The Sacramento Bee newspaper picked up a Miami Herald report by Juan O Tamayo on…
Federal court issues another rebuke to IBB officials accused of mistreating journalists
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another pointed rebuke to senior International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) officials, top executives and…
The War on Information, a view from union of journalists and other BBG employees
BBG Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1812, a union representing federal employees of the…
‘The Tree — A Living Memorial — Grows’ — BBG employees honor Ambassador Ashe
BBG Watch Commentary We are posting an update on efforts by U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees…
A Dose of Reality in Response to Desperation
BBG Watch Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – We Like Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: A…
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…
VOA journalists: ‘BBG, Please Save Voice of America’ – ALL RECOMMENDATIONS I THRU VII
See RECOMMENDATIONS I America journalists propose replacing gimmicks with real reforms – RECOMMENDATIONS I A group of Voice…
VOA journalists: ‘Increase Visibility of VOA News Reporting’ — RECOMMENDATIONS VII
We continue posting morale improving recommendations sent to BBG Watch by a group of Voice of America reporters…
VOA journalists to management: ‘Fix Digital Infrastructure’ — RECOMMENDATIONS VI
We continue posting morale improving recommendations sent to BBG Watch by a group of Voice of America reporters…