BBG Governor Victor Ashe challenges claims by Masha Gessen about Radio LibertyDecember 17, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Ambassador Victor Ashe, the U.S. federal agency…
Masha Gessen denies Radio Liberty Russian Service will be inspected, calls it review of the situation in RussiaDecember 17, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary “The strategy of the development of the Russian Service was perceived very positively.” “There was…
Steven Korn to leave RFE/RL within 45 days, sources sayDecember 16, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary According to sources inside the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) headquarters, at a meeting in…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan Speaks at BBG Meeting, Demands Reinstatement of Fired Radio Liberty JournalistsDecember 14, 2012 In addressing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting in Washington on Friday, the Committee for…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – worst place to work in U.S. federal governmentDecember 14, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary As reported by Federal News Radio, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is the worst…
IBB executives travel abroad, pay no attention as RFE/RL crisis deepens and audiences declineDecember 12, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva and former President Mikhail Gorbachev apparently care more about…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth, Part TwoDecember 10, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Scorched Earth Part Two: The Managers Speak, Sort Of by The Federalist…
Longtime U.S. international broadcasting executive John Lennon to retireDecember 1, 2012 Longtime U.S. international broadcasting executive John Lennon will be retiring from the Voice of America (VOA) the Broadcasting…
New court filings against BBG's 50-million-dollar contractorNovember 29, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary While the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBB) 50-million-dollar contract with the Gallup Organization is not…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and RebellionNovember 20, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and Rebellion by The Federalist “There is something…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Slip Sliding AwayNovember 18, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Slip Sliding Away by The Federalist We now see…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a PictureNovember 13, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a Picture by The Federalist (We are…
Read More 4 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors – agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting in a state of general failureNovember 9, 2012 BOTTOM OF THE BARREL Commentary by Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee…
BBG has work to do, union saysNovember 9, 2012 Reposted from the AFGE Local 1812 website. Work To Do We thought we would sift through the initial…
Business as usual at BBG, union saysNovember 9, 2012 Reposted from the AFGE Local 1812 website. Business As Usual For those AFGE Local 1812 Local members who…
Democratic and Republican Congressmen are concerned with BBG's practice of replacing federal employees with contractorsNovember 8, 2012 Two U.S. Congressmen from North Carolina, Democrat G.K. Butterfield and Republican Walter B. Jones, have written a letter…
Will Brutally Fired Radio Liberty Journalists See Generous, Compassionate, Tolerant America?November 7, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Will the board members and top executives of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) learn…
One of the worst-managed federal agencies, BBG, has become even worseNovember 3, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has received even lower scores in the 2012 Federal…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – The Gifting Continues – BBG Press Releases October 2012November 1, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – The Gifting Continues – BBG Press Releases October 2012…
Was damage to Radio Liberty intentional?October 28, 2012 This BBG Watch Commentary was written by an anonymous employee. How long until the Governors at the Broadcasting…
Another young journalist resigns in protest from 'new' Radio Liberty, calls it a sinking TitanicOctober 22, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Anastasia Kirilenko, 28-year-old web editor, investigative reporter and radio broadcaster, has resigned in protest from…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part TwoOctober 21, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part…
Read More 2 minute read U.S. media – Obama caves to Putin on Radio LibertyOctober 17, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Reports and editorials in U.S. media have begun noticing the mass firing of Radio Liberty…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part OneOctober 16, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part…
Read More 3 minute read CUSIB Applauds Former BBG Member Blanquita Cullum's Statement on Radio Liberty CrisisOctober 12, 2012 Reposted from CUSIB website FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2012 CUSIB Applauds Former BBG Member Blanquita Cullum’s Statement on Radio…
Read More 2 minute read Former Broadcasting Board of Governors member Blanquita Cullum blames current board and senior staff for stifling free speech in RussiaOctober 11, 2012 In an op-ed in The Washington Times, a former Republican BBG member, talk radio personality Blanquita Cullum, strongly…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: IranOctober 6, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: Iran by The Federalist They’re at it again. The gift that…
Broadcasting Board of Governors officials rebuked on illegal firings of employees, likely to waste millions on further appealsOctober 1, 2012 The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) rejected all of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) exceptions to Arbitrator…
Pelosi concerned about proposed merger of BBG's independent broadcastersSeptember 25, 2012 BBG Watch has learned that the Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D…
Read More 4 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors not quite sure whether Putin restricts media freedom in RussiaSeptember 19, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the U.S. federal agency in charge of international news…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Press Releases and Other PronouncementsSeptember 17, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Press Releases and Other Pronouncements by The Federalist …
Broadcasting Board of Governors can't do its job in an hour and 15 minutesSeptember 16, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary During last Thursday’s open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Washington, DC,…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: The Arab and Muslim WorldSeptember 14, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: The Arab and Muslim World A commentary by The Federalist …
BBG members and IBB Director Lobo meet with Secretary of State ClintonSeptember 13, 2012 The official Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announcement on today’s meeting of BBG members and International Broadcasting Bureau…
BBG staff tries to rebuff critics on grantee consolidation planSeptember 13, 2012 Senior executive staffers at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) have launched an all-out attack on critics of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Board Meets With Secretary ClintonSeptember 11, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Board Meets With Secretary Clinton by The Federalist This…
Broadcasting Board of Governors members to meet with Secretary of State Clinton amid doubts about their leadershipSeptember 10, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that members of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), who…
Without substantive change, Broadcasting Board of Governors Governance Committee may soon be selling mismanagement under a different nameSeptember 6, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Governance Committee, scheduled to…
Read More 2 minute read PARAZITSeptember 5, 2012 By Quo Vadis (Mari Ciliberti) The popular satirical Voice of America (VOA) television program to Iran PARAZIT has…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: End of Summer No End to the NightmareSeptember 3, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: End of Summer No End to the Nightmare by The Federalist For…
Working under BBG management is no Labor Day picnic for employees – The Czech Helsinki Committee condemns human rights violations at Radio Free Europe Radio LibertySeptember 3, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary How can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) proclaim with a straight face that…
Broadcasting Board of Governors committee to discuss controversial Gallup contractAugust 27, 2012 The controversial 50 million dollar audience research contract between the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and The Gallup…
Read More 11 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War with Iran LostAugust 23, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War with Iran Lost A commentary by The Federalist “The BBG is the…
Anonymous employee's message to RFE/RL President Korn – treat your staff as professionalsAugust 22, 2012 This message was sent to BBG Watch by an Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist who wants…
Broadcasting Board of Governors emails document VOA executive's move against independent reporterAugust 21, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Internal Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) emails posted online by Inner City Press reporter Matthew…
BBG members kept in the dark about Voice of America satirical TV show to Iran being off the air for nine monthsAugust 20, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members were reportedly appalled to learn last week for the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Managers Rated Some of the Worst in Federal GovernmentAugust 16, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives are some of the worst managers in the entire federal government according…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – ShortsAugust 15, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Shorts by The Federalist Well, it is August after all and even the…
Congress Speaks But Nobody Listens at the Broadcasting Board of GovernorsAugust 13, 2012 “Voice of America (VOA) Worldwide English radio, which, at one time broadcast live 24 hours a day to…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – two silly ideas that went nowhereAugust 9, 2012 It seems that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) staff has been quite busy up on the “Hill”…