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…
Is VOA Charter reporting by Voice of America returning?
BBG Watch Commentary Over the last several years, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) strayed far away from…
Smart Soft Power Needs Flexibility and Diversification
Smart Soft Power Diversified Diversified Outreach of U.S. Media and Public Diplomacy During the Cold War – American…
BBG’s Chairman and CEO treated to more VOA technical problems on important news and staff meeting day
BBG Watch We have attached three screen videos showing Voice of America (VOA) problems with live President Obama…
Brace Yourselves – A Commentary on Broadcasting Board of Governors
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost – Brace Yourselves By The Federalist …
Hand Me A Shovel, Part II
BBG Watch OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: Hand Me A Shovel, Part Two…
BBG Watch gets BBG love poems for Valentine’s Day
BBG Watch Commentary In the category of weird government management news, here is one from the dysfunctional Broadcasting…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Hand Me A Shovel
Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors Losing The Information War: Hand Me A Shovel By The Federalist…
New BBG CEO John Lansing is having a positive impact, but is it enough?
BBG Watch Commentary There are clear signs that new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing is…
VOA and IBB employees did well in D.C. snowstorm
BBG Watch From: IBB Notices Admin Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:02 AM To: IBB Notices Administration Subject:…
Radio Liberty Gave No Support To Investigative Reporters
BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: In Russia, journalists who run afoul of the Kremlin or the business mafia, end…
Life in Post-Soviet Russia of Former Radio Liberty Reporter
BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: A young and successful Russian investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko is one of many who…
CORRECTION VOA did not break Burkina Faso terror news, AFP did
BBG Watch CORRECTION On January 15, BBG Watch reported that Voice of America (VOA) French-to-Africa Service broke the…
Ismayilova Confirms Amal Clooney as Defense Counsel
BBG Watch Commentary “Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova has confirmed that prominent human rights lawyer…
Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Introduction to “Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service: A View From Russia”…
Russian investigative reporter mocks RFE/RL’s Radio Liberty management for censoring out her name
BBG Watch Commentary Anastasia Kirilenko, one of the most enterprising and fearless young Russian investigative reporters, has mocked…
Complaint to U.N. Human Rights Council Against BBG EXCLUSIVE Text
BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE This article covers legal issues. Please read our Disclaimers and Terms of Use.…
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. …
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…
Voice of America gets hit with ‘Extreme Temperature Swings’
BBG Watch Commentary If electricity and digital outages, disrupting for hours and in some cases several days delivery…
A profile of new BBG CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch Media AllGov.com has published a profile of John Lansing, the new CEO and Director…
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 Digital Failure, saga continues, frustrations mount WED. PM UPDATE
BBG Watch Commentary The latest digital equipment failure at the Voice of America (VOA) — one of many…
Voice of America Digital Failure, saga continues, frustrations mount
BBG Watch Commentary There is no end in sight to equipment and other failures at the Voice of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Fantasy Reform
OPINION/COMMENTARY Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: It’s Over. We Lost. Fantasy Reform By The Federalist …
Digital failure at Voice of America MONDAY PM UPDATE
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and Voice of America (VOA)…
Technical and management troubles don’t cease at Voice of America, BBG
BBG Watch Commentary New Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing may be finding out that the…
$400M class action suit may signal more trouble ahead for new BBG CEO
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Report and Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the reported $400 million class action lawsuit…
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…
Voice of America broadcasters fed up with technical mishaps
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) broadcasters are completely fed up with repeated technical mishaps at their…
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…
BBG employees ‘crippled’ by technical breakdowns ‘lose confidence’ in leaders
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has received an urgent message from a Voice of America (VOA) journalist intended…
Bureaucratic appointments by new BBG CEO worry agency writer
OPINION A writer, who wants to remain anonymous, comments on recent personnel appointments made by new Broadcasting…
BBG CEO gives two longtime SES executives new duties
BBG Watch Commentary Some Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees are scratching their heads to explain a recent…
Will Broadcasting Board of Governors Reform Itself?
EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Report With A Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge…
Former Voice of America broadcasters remember Evelyn Lieberman
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Evelyn Lieberman, who died on Saturday in Washington, is being remembered by former Voice of…
FedSmith, FEDweek list Broadcasting Board of Governors as one of the worst federal agencies for employees
BBG Watch Media FedSmith.com In a December 8, 2015 article, “What Are the Worst Agencies to Work for…
BBG and VOA managers too busy traveling and teaching journalism abroad to manage their own
BBG Watch Commentary Too much foreign travel not related to a core activity can make a government agency…
Former RFE/RL President Kevin Klose Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Kevin Klose, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President,…
OPINION We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization By The Federalist…
Comment: Ashamed of My Voice of America Job After 15 Years
BBG Watch Commentary This comment by an anonymous writer who self-identifies as a Voice of America journalist was…
Radio Liberty bans Paris terror report from its former Russian correspondent
BBG Watch Commentary A former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) staffer and investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko…
OPINION: Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War?
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War? What Information War? The Agency Is Dead – Unprecedented Irrelevance…
Called ‘traitors’ and ‘Jews’ by Putin supporters, Radio Liberty journalists complain of mistreatment by U.S.-hired management
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This post contains a letter by an anonymous Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
VOA Charter ignored, says former Voice of America director
BBG Watch Commentary We would like to offer this commentary from BBG Watch as an introduction to highlighting…
Matt Armstrong calls Voice of America a ‘fundamental counter to propaganda’, exaggerates successes, ignores failures
BBG Watch Commentary A Republican member of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in…
On the eve of Town Hall meeting, BBG employees present a plea to new CEO John Lansing
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE On the eve of the Town Hall to Introduce CEO John Lansing, scheduled for Tuesday,…
Russian court rules against award-winning human rights reporter in employment dispute with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Sources in Moscow told BBG Watch that a Russian judge took only about five minutes…