Broadcasting Board of Governors contractors put hope for justice in a federal court
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington-based law firm, Themis PLLC, plans to file a motion sometime next week to…
Broadcasting Board of Governors asked court to dismiss $400M contract employees’ class action suit
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In the $400 million class action lawsuit against the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) for…
Law firm update on $400 million class action suit against BBG
BBG Watch BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE The Washington, D.C. law firm, Themis PLLC, has released additional information on its…
Broadening of $400 million class action lawsuit against Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington, D.C. law firm, Themis PLLC, has broadened its $400 million class action lawsuit,…
Themis PLLC offers update on $400M contractors class action lawsuit against BBG
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE The Washington, D.C. law firm, Themis PLLC, has released additional information on its $400 million…
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…
BBG hit with $400M employee contractors suit
BBG Watch Commentary A $400 million class action lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Federal…
Will Broadcasting Board of Governors contract journalists petition the White House about exploitation?
BBG Watch Commentary “Great to see @Microsoft doing the right thing by extending paid leave benefits to contractors,”…
Letter of VOA and OCB Journalist Contractors to BBG Chairman and Congress
BBG Watch Commentary “Instead, the agency seems to be attempting to sweep the issue under the rug by…
Washington Post expanded column offers new details on Voice of America contracting scandal
BBG Watch Commentary We alerted BBG Watch readers to Joe Davidson‘s column in The Washington Post about the…
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…
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…
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…
Voice of America mission critical programming ‘is not considered inherently governmental function’, IBB executives claim
BBG Watch Commentary — Investigative Report — Waste and Mismanagement In a series of investigative reports, BBG Watch…
Voice of America wasted estimated millions on improper contract payments, Radio Free Asia gets clean bill of health
BBG Watch Commentary — Investigative Report — Waste and Mismanagement In a series of investigative reports, BBG Watch…
WT on BBG – ‘Government media board facing inquiry over hiring protocol’
The Washington Times reports that “the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the more than $700 million international media arm…
Death By Division
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Just Love Being Dysfunctional and Defunct! – Information War Lost: Death By Division By The Federalist…
OIG alleges massive Anti-Deficiency Act violations by IBB officials
BBG Watch Commentary The Department of State Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that International Broadcasting Bureau…
Broadcasting Board Accused of Mishandling Contractor Taxes, Government Executive reports after BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, http://www.govexec.com/,a business news daily for federal managers and executives, is reporting after a…
OIG uncovers alleged massive unauthorized use of personal services contracts by IBB officials
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that the Department of State Office of Inspector General (OIG) has…
Re: The Weakening Of The Rule of Law: An Agency Tragedy? – AFGE Local 1812 Editorial
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is republishing as a public service an editorial posted on the website of…
Lost and Dead A New Level of Dysfunctional and Defunct – Part Two
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War: Lost and Dead – A New Level of Dysfunctional and Defunct – Part Two…
Lost and Dead – A New Level of Dysfunctional and Defunct – Part One
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War: Lost and Dead – A New Level of Dysfunctional and Defunct – Part One…
Alleged violations of IRS rules by IBB officials may cost taxpayers, U.S. agency millions
BBG Watch Exclusive Commentary BBG Watch has learned that officials of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) at a…
Another Year, Hope Springs Eternal – Message from AFGE Local 1812 BBG Employee Union
BBG Watch is happy to publish his New Year Message from the American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE…
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…
Will IBB make exploited and powerless VOA contract employees pay the price of sequestration?
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting last week, Governor Michael Meehan announced that…
A staff run amok
Jane Doe, one of our occasional commentators, sent us her thoughts on the latest OIG report on the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Venture Capitalists
Capitalism has arrived at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). One of its top executives talked in a…
Using Taxpayer Dollars, BBG Agency Battles Against U.S. Citizen Employees
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency whose top executives use such terms as “old white…
Broadcasting Board of Governors' goal: All managers, no workers
The obvious goal is to produce a workforce that is ALL managers and NO workers, with no broadcasting…
Workforce is non federal, but bloated bureaucracy isn't
So the Broadcasting Board of Governors says privatizing VOA is “not on the table.” but VOA’s Mr. King…
U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington Examiner
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of BBG…
HOWL – Part Four – Old-fashioned Cronyism at Broadcasting Board of Governors
A Voice of America journalist who uses a pen name Mary Jane has posed this problem: As we…
Employees don't buy 'computer system is to blame' explanation for late contractor payments
Judging by the content and the tone of comments to our report, “BBG orders that contractors be paid…