Unaccountable bureaucrats
The union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal employees posted a commentary on the agency’s unaccountable bureacracy.…
The culture of intimidation at IBB
BBG Watch Commentary The union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees responded to an attack on the…
VOA manager claims there is no retaliation against employees, only perceptions of retaliation
The union representing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees commented on a recent statement by a top…
Management's panic at survey time
AFGE Local 1812 employee union reports that International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and other managers responsible for creating a…
Broadcasting Board of Governors' employee union appeals to Senator McConnell to retain Ashe on BBG board
The union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees has written a letter to Senator Mitch McConnell, the…
BBG employee union blasts IBB executives, praises Victor Ashe
Has there really been any significant change at the Agency that would result in improved morale? And why…
What may be behind White House attempt to remove Victor Ashe from BBG board?
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) only Republican board member, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland…
Union alleges misuse of OIG by International Broadcasting Bureau executives, calls for investigation
The union representing employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) alleges that officials in charge of the…
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,…
Dennis Mulhaupt leaves BBG, no quorum if Michael Lynton continues to be a no show at meetings
BBG Watch Commentary A Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Dennis Mulhaupt has informed the White House that…
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,…
Voice of America – Broadcasting Board of Governors – has worst bosses, Federal Times reports
BBG Watch Commentary Federal Times reported that the Voice of America (VOA) has some of the worst bosses…
Morale boosting plan made some BBG employees highly skeptical
BBG Watch Commentary One employee said that he was literally sick in his stomach listening to and watching…
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…
MAXIMUS HUBRIS / REASONABLE DOUBT, PART IV by AFGE Local 1812
The employee union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1812, continues…
MAXIMUS HUBRIS / REASONABLE DOUBT, PART III
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812, continues its series…
SHINING THE LIGHT ON AN OPAQUE BUREAUCRACY
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812, commented in a…
Union accuses IBB bureaucracy of 'a great pretend game'
The employee union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812,…
In defense of Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The Bureaucracy at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, centered largely within the BBG’s International Broadcasting…
Problems at Voice of America and its News Division outlined in a union article
Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812, continues a…
Union criticizes executive staff attacks on BBG members
In a new article, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, American Federation of Government Employees Local…
MAXIMUS HUBRIS: DYSFUNCTION, employee union describes problems at Broadcasting Board of Governors
The union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees is publishing a series of articles on its website…
VOA union leader appeals to Director Lobo to stop intimidating security procedures
BBG Watch Commentary “It’s a New Year, let’s make it the BBG’s best.” – Dick Lobo Imagine if…
An Argument Against a CEO from BBG employee union
The employee union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812, has…
Former BBG member Wimbush joins attack on Ashe, was rejected for RFE/RL interim president position
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Republican member S.…
Unprofessional OIG reports on BBG and RFE/RL part of a larger pattern
BBG Watch Commentary The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the State Department, which produced two incomplete…
Who will inspect the inspectors? – Flawed OIG inspections at RFE/RL and BBG miss serious problems
BBG Watch Commentary The January 2013 Office of Inspector General’s report “Inspection of the Broadcasting Board of Governors”…
BBG employee union calls OIG report 'Hatchet Job'
In one of its previous reports, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of State…
Executives at the worst-run agency in the Federal Government will again fire workers, protect their own jobs, union predicts
BBG Watch Commentary Executives at the worst-run agency in the Federal Government will again fire workers, protect their…
Is BBG looking out for or exploiting its non-U.S. citizen employees?
BBG Watch Commentary Is BBG, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, looking out for or exploiting its non-U.S. citizen…
IT'S TIME FOR A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION FROM OUTSIDE THE IBB, BBG employee union says
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local 1812, has posted on its…
BBG employee union takes note of Andrei Babitsky's protest at Radio Liberty
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local 1812, has posted on its website a number…
Korn’s Crash Landing, BBG Left to Pick Up the Pieces, BBG employee union comments
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local 1812, has posted on its…
Broadcasting Board of Governors employee union calls BBG actions on Radio Liberty a step in the right direction
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local 1812, has posted on its…
A Farcial Spin at the Broadcasting Board of Governors
This article was published by the BBG employee union AFGE Local 1812 A FARCICAL SPIN For members of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: Surprise!
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: Surprise! by The Federalist (Note: We thought The Federalist was…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Russia Reviewed
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Russia Reviewed by The Federalist (Special to BBG Watch to mark…
Risky business – BBG employees in solidarity with fired Radio Liberty colleagues
The following commentary was posted on the AFGE Local 1812 website of the union representing BBG employees: Risky…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth, Part Two
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth Part Two: The Managers Speak, Sort Of by The Federalist…
BBG has work to do, union says
Reposted from the AFGE Local 1812 website. Work To Do We thought we would sift through the initial…
Business as usual at BBG, union says
Reposted from the AFGE Local 1812 website. Business As Usual For those AFGE Local 1812 Local members who…
Union Calls For Congressional Hearings On The BBG's Erratic Leadership,
The AFGE Local 1812 union representing employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has called for congressional…
Broadcasting Board of Governments employee union stands in solidarity with fired Radio Liberty journalists
Support for fired Radio Liberty Service Employees The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union AFGE Local 1812…
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…
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…
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…