Read More 5 minute read VOA’s Sloppy Newscasts Part of QC Problems at USAGMApril 7, 2023 Guest Commentary by Dan Robinson In addition to a longstanding reputation as one of the worst places to work in…
Read More 6 minute read Miracle Explanation of VOA’s Afghanistan DisasterAugust 26, 2022 Voice of America (VOA) Acting Director Yolanda López‘s miracle explanation of the U.S. Agency for Global Media’s (USAGM)…
Read More 5 minute read AFGE Local 1812 on FEVS and Bad Morale at VOA, Marti, USAGMJune 2, 2019 BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary As the Advisory Board members prepare for their June 5th U.S. Agency for…
Read More 8 minute read U-SAG-M! – U.S. Agency for Global MediaAugust 28, 2018 OPINION “U-SAG-M!” – United States Agency for Global Media US Government International Media Information War Lost By…
Read More 8 minute read Employee Survey Time 2018 at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMay 9, 2018 OPINION Employee Survey Time 2018 US International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist It’s time…
BBG employees will assess senior leaders in 2018 FEVS morale survey after China incidentMay 8, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary Three Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalists are still on forced paid leave imposed…
Read More 5 minute read The BBG Troll FarmApril 3, 2018 OPINION The BBG Troll Farm US Government International Media Information War Lost By The…
Read More 6 minute read ‘The Greatest Scam’ in Washington are salaries of failed BBG executivesJanuary 2, 2018 OPINION The Greatest Scam in Washington Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost By The Federalist…
Read More 9 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown Mode: BBG 2.0December 13, 2017 OPINION Total Meltdown Mode: BBG 2.0 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By The Federalist…
Read More 3 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors declared worst place to workDecember 8, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The Partnership for Public Service has released its 2017 Best Places to Work in the…
Read More 4 minute read Union explains why BBG remains worst-managed federal agencyNovember 14, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary In two recent posts on its website and Facebook page, the union representing many of…
Read More 3 minute read Gap between BBG and next worse agency in employee morale widens in 2017 FEVS under Lansing and BennettOctober 17, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Here is another take on the disastrous employee morale results for the Broadcasting Board of…
Read More 4 minute read BBG workers don’t buy ‘good news’ on morale from CEO LansingOctober 16, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Rank and file federal employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) don’t seem to…
Read More 7 minute read BBG sank deeper into last place in employee morale under Lansing and Bennett, 2017 OPM FEVS results showOctober 15, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) detailed results for 2017, which were released by the…
Read More 7 minute read BBG — an agency of directors, managers and CEOMay 10, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary As federal employees of the ailing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), known throughout the U.S.…
Read More 10 minute read Telling It Like It Is – BBG and VOA Leaders Behind Low Staff MoraleMay 8, 2017 OPINION Telling It Like It Is US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist…
Read More 5 minute read Solidarity with the VOA Mandarin Five as BBG employees rate senior leadersMay 6, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary An appeal from Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO and Director John F. Lansing to…
Read More 5 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Staffing Pattern Reveals An Agency In TroubleApril 10, 2017 OPINION The All-Important Staffing Pattern US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist …
Read More 6 minute read BBG management waxes poetic to lift sagging employee moraleMarch 20, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary The dysfunctional management of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is trying to lift the…
Read More 5 minute read Bureaucratic Darwinism at Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBGMarch 17, 2017 OPINION Bureaucratic Darwinism at Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBG US Government International Media Information War Lost …
Read More 2 minute read Anger issues toward women no obstacle to getting assignments at Voice of AmericaMarch 12, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Voice of America (VOA) under its current director Amanda…
Read More 7 minute read ROBINSON: US government-funded media mismanaged for decadesJanuary 30, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary Editor’s Note: A critique of misleading media reports about the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 6 minute read BBG Officialdom Burrowing InJanuary 22, 2017 OPINION BBG Officialdom Burrowing In US Government International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist …
Read More 10 minute read Obama signs off on reducing status of Broadcasting Board of GovernorsDecember 23, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary President Barack Obama has signed into law S. 2943, the “National Defense Authorization Act for…
Read More 1 minute read BBG dead last among mid-size federal agencies in Best Places to Work 2016 RankingsDecember 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the Voice of America (VOA), BBG’s largest federal…
Read More 8 minute read Voice of America failed to report Ben Rhodes represented Obama at Castro funeralDecember 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Practically defunct (Hillary Clinton’s words), U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) failed…
Read More 8 minute read Pre-Trump bureaucratic hiring frenzy by BBG and VOA chiefs who may soon leaveNovember 17, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary As if the “practically defunct” (Hillary Clinton’s words in 2013) Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 3 minute read Agencies Hit Goal for Hiring of Disabled, But BBG Stays at the BottomNovember 2, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary According to FEDweek website’s Federal Manager’s Daily Report, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reported that…
Read More 4 minute read Richard Stengel is Obama’s nominee for Chairman of Broadcasting Board of GovernorsOctober 24, 2016 BBG Watch News and Commentary President Obama announced his intent to nominate Richard Stengel for Member and Chairman…
Read More 4 minute read Leadership and experience matter, as Radio and TV Martí Director showsOctober 20, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary While the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which runs Radio and TV Martí, is part…
Read More 8 minute read BBG, VOA union employees give an F to top leadersOctober 19, 2016 BBG Watch Federal employees who are members of American Federation of Government Employees AFGE Local 1812 union, which…
Read More 8 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Failing GradeOctober 10, 2016 Commentary The Failing Grade: Employee Survey Results Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost By The…
Read More 7 minute read CEO Lansing explains for BBG employees their FEVS answersOctober 7, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary After Washington Post columnist Joe Davidson reported correctly about 2016 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS)…
Read More 10 minute read 45% of visits to Voice of America English website are from the U.S. – EXCLUSIVEOctober 4, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE One of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) newsroom editors disclosed in an internal…
Read More 3 minute read U.S. taxes at work at Voice of America – VOA journalist speaks out about inexperienced leaders and poor moraleOctober 2, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Video After the BBG Watch commentary was posted, VOA…
Read More 6 minute read BBG Bottom Feeders, Going Backward – Part TwoSeptember 26, 2016 Commentary Bottom Feeders, Going Backward – Part Two Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost By…
Read More 12 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors: ‘Regular Bottom Feeder Going Backward’ Under New CEOSeptember 23, 2016 Commentary ‘Regular Bottom Feeder Going Backward’ Under New CEO Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Long Lost The…
Read More 17 minute read Politico, Wash. Examiner pick up on WP description of BBG leadership as ‘regular bottom-feeder’ on employee moraleSeptember 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Update In the annual 2016 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS),…
Read More 15 minute read Washington Post: ‘BBG is going backward’ in employee engagement under new CEOSeptember 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO and Director John F. Lansing is a well-meaning individual,…
Read More 17 minute read Your tax-funded Voice of America: NYC terrorist ‘friendly’; Minnesota terrorist ‘smart and reliable’September 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Lacking experienced leadership, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has fallen into the trap of…
Read More 4 minute read Grim RealitiesJuly 10, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost Grim Realities By The Federalist We…
Read More 2 minute read 20 Excellent Years for Voice of America Bosnian ServiceJune 22, 2016 BBG Watch The Voice of America’s (VOA) Bosnian Service has been one of the most successful VOA services…
Read More 4 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors contractors put hope for justice in a federal courtJune 13, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington-based law firm, Themis PLLC, plans to file a motion sometime next week to…
Read More 3 minute read It’s Time for Absolute Honesty, It’s Survey TimeMay 3, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Worse Than Lost It’s Time for Absolute Honesty, It’s Survey Time!…
Read More 9 minute read Employee morale commitment letter from BBG CEOMay 3, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary As the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is distributing links for federal employees to participate…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America reporters upset over VOA’s treatment of Brussels terror storyMarch 22, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary A screenshot taken of the Voice of America mobile site at 11:33 AM on Tuesday,…
Read More 6 minute read Broadening of $400 million class action lawsuit against Broadcasting Board of GovernorsMarch 15, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Washington, D.C. law firm, Themis PLLC, has broadened its $400 million class action lawsuit,…
Read More 12 minute read Voice of America digital meltdown redux of PBS for BBG CIO?December 31, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chief Information Officer and former Interim CEO and Director André…
Read More 1 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors Fantasy ReformDecember 30, 2015 OPINION/COMMENTARY Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: It’s Over. We Lost. Fantasy Reform By The Federalist …
Read More 10 minute read BBG CEO gives two longtime SES executives new dutiesDecember 21, 2015 BBG Watch Commentary Some Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees are scratching their heads to explain a recent…