‘Arc of success’ BBG manager Jeff Trimble is retiring
BBG Watch Commentary “Board Chairman Kenneth Weinstein thanked outgoing Deputy Director Jeff Trimble for his 21…
MENDES ‘Don’t believe the lies’ about alleged BBG ‘coup’
BBG Watch Media Commentary As reported by Miami Herald, acting director of Radio and TV Martí André Mendes…
A favorite Broadcasting Board of Governors manager of former BBG Democratic Chairman
BBG Watch Commentary André Mendes, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) manager in the center of a recent media…
Royce calls for new BBG CEO and VOA reform
BBG Watch Commentary Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce (R-CA) has called for new CEO…
CNN, Rep. Engel got played by ‘BBG whistleblowers’
BBG Watch Commentary For several days, some contributors to BBG Watch were being bombarded with rumors from secondary…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part Two
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part Two US Government International Media Know Your Audience? By…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown Mode: BBG 2.0
OPINION Total Meltdown Mode: BBG 2.0 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By The Federalist…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Has Significant Cyber Security Deficiencies Year After Year
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal agency in charge of the Voice of America…
BBG, IBB, and VOA senior bureaucracy protects itself by eliminating ‘administrative vacancies’
BBG Watch Commentary BBG, IBB, and VOA senior bureaucracy protects itself by eliminating “administrative vacancies” while proposing to…
Are you in good hands, BBG?
BBG Watch Commentary “It’s playing everywhere here – even during the Olympics!,” a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Losing the Information War Inside BBG
COMMENTARY Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost Losing the Information War Inside BBG Honest…
The Federalist analyzes ‘The Blame Game’ at BBG
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Long Over and Lost The Blame Game (Power Failure Edition)…
Comments on poor quality video from VOA director’s swearing-in ceremony
BBG Watch Commentary Here are a few comments on the poor quality video from Voice of America (VOA)…
Information Warfare: It’s Over, We Lost
OPINION: THE FEDERALIST Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information Warfare: It’s Over, We Lost BBG: Land of…
Cyber security: should BBG board believe its bureaucracy or OIG?
Federal News Radio Andre Mendez, BBG CIO and CTO “When I first came on board in…
New VOA director should question BBG PR claims, employees say
BBG Watch Commentary Amanda Bennett has been named director of the government-owned broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), Ron…
BBG digital storage not upgraded in five years – who’s fault is it?
BBG Watch Commentary Digital storage equipment at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which serves the needs of…
Hand Me A Shovel, Part II
BBG Watch OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: Hand Me A Shovel, Part Two…
New CEO tries to get BBG executives to do their jobs
BBG Watch Commentary During his few short months on the job, new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO…
SPEAK UP VOA – BBG Cyber Mess Makes It To Politico – More BBG Bad News
BBG Watch Media POLITICO‘s “Morning Cybersecurity,” a daily briefing on politics and cybersecurity, has a
Broadcasting Board of Governors cyber policies not ready for primetime
BBG Watch Media The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) “response to cybersecurity incidents and its newly developed policy…
Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform
OPINION Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform Will Taxpayers Continue to Foot This…
The Big Kahuna Hits A Wall at Broadcasting Board of Governors
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We Lost – The Big Kahuna Hits A Wall By…
Voice of America digital meltdown redux of PBS for BBG CIO?
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chief Information Officer and former Interim CEO and Director André…
One BBG executive apologizes, others keep silent
BBG Watch Commentary “Meanwhile, please accept my personal apologies for this serious event. It is very…
Voice of America power and broadcasting outage UPDATE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE It took the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) massive administrative and technical support staff a…
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…
John Lansing Sworn In As BBG CEO and Director, Starts Sept. 14
BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) confirmed that the paperwork and hiring process for John Lansing…
BBG sleepwalks through RFE/RL crisis
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This commentary was written by a former senior Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) official…
John Lansing will encounter entrenched pro-status quo BBG bureaucracy, Congressional sources warn
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE “Tackling these problems and ‘righting the ship’ will be a truly herculean effort, perhaps only…
John F. Lansing is leading contender for U.S. broadcasting BBG CEO post EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from reliable high-level sources within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
OPINION Voice of America Information War Lost: A Day For Stifling Debate
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Senator Ted Cruz wants BBG to counteract ISIS propaganda, some Voice of America English news staffers don’t
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Briefing Memo 5 for New BBG CEO – IBB’s $50 Million Gallup Contract
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
Briefing Memo 3 for New BBG CEO – What Do IBB Executives Do? They Travel
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
Briefing Memo 1 for New BBG CEO – IBB Overview
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
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…
BBG Governor Weinstein: RFE/RL level of energy-no comparison to five years ago
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “multimedia expansion and rapid growth” was the focus of Broadcasting…
Voice of America late on Russia veto of UN Srebrenica resolution, appears to misinterpret US Ambassador’s comments
BBG Watch Commentary More than two hours after BBC, RT, RFE/RL and other international news organizations reported on…
OPINION Conundrums of Self-Promotion
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Messages of success from BBG Interim CEO & Director André Mendes
BBG Watch According to Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim CEO and Director André Mendes, the U.S. taxpayer-funded…
‘Everywhere you look you can see our Agency on the move,’ BBG CEO says
BBG Watch According to sources, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) interim CEO is claiming significant management successes while…
OPINION: Voice of America Information War: Lost – Essential Ingredients: Threats, Deception and Management By Clichés
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Voice of America can’t get news of its own reform right
BBG Watch Media It is unlikely in the extreme that Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor (who…
Wilson Center Panel on Reform of BBG
BBG Watch The Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy program sponsored a panel discussion on reforming U.S.…
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…
Voice of America Director David Ensor stepping down
BBG Watch At today’s Town Hall meeting at the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington, DC, Director David…
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…
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…