Read More 10 minute read USAGM: Why the Latest OIG Report MattersOctober 15, 2022 Commentary By Dan Robinson Inspector General reports likely don’t rank high on anyone’s list of favorite reading material,…
Read More 7 minute read Voice of America reporters blame BBG, VOA top brass for digital failuresMay 22, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE from Voice of America Reporters The Dalet system used by Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 2 minute read China dissident Qiao Moo gets a brush-off from VOAMay 12, 2018 Mr. Qiao Mu, a dissident Chinese academic, previously a professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University and a…
Read More 1 minute read BBG, IBB, and VOA senior bureaucracy protects itself by eliminating ‘administrative vacancies’May 24, 2017 BBG Watch Commentary BBG, IBB, and VOA senior bureaucracy protects itself by eliminating “administrative vacancies” while proposing to…
Read More 1 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG FY 2018 Budget Request Summary of AppropriationsMay 24, 2017 BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG FY 2018 Budget Request Summary of Appropriations
Read More 5 minute read Cut The Dead Wood at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsApril 20, 2017 OPINION Cut The Dead Wood And Save The Agency’s Mission US Government International Media Information War: Lost…
Read More 22 minute read BBG CEO John Lansing warned OIG not to reveal details of BBG massive cyber security lapsesAugust 22, 2016 BBG Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO and Director John Lansing warned the Office of Inspector General…
Read More 10 minute read Are you in good hands, BBG?August 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary “It’s playing everywhere here – even during the Olympics!,” a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Read More 9 minute read Flawed law permits Broadcasting Board of Governors members to do private business in Russia and ChinaAugust 6, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary With increasing demands for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come clean about accusations against…
Read More 5 minute read Losing the Information War Inside BBGAugust 1, 2016 COMMENTARY Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost Losing the Information War Inside BBG Honest…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America digitally unprepared for Republican ConventionJuly 22, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) ($224.4 million in FY 2017) did quite poorly in…
Read More 14 minute read Voice of America Director Bennett Hails One-Sided Anti-Trump VOA Report While Supporting VOA CharterJuly 21, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) implies that Donald Trump is an embodiment of “hate and…
Read More 7 minute read The BBG Saga: Leaving On A Jet PlaneJuly 18, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost The BBG Saga: Leaving On A Jet Plane …
Read More 6 minute read Clueless U.S. agency invites Putin’s officials to RFE/RL party, they boot their chairman out of Russia insteadJuly 17, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary How clueless and mismanaged can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) be? According to an…
Read More 6 minute read BBG Chair Jeff Shell’s expulsion from Russia points to US bureaucratic failureJuly 14, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary While all the facts are not yet in, one thing is certain: bureaucrats of the…
Read More 6 minute read Even when ‘Federal websites can spill over into propaganda’ – BBG is ignoredJune 5, 2016 BBG Watch Media “Websites operate in broadcast fashion: We publish, you read. We’ll allow feedback at our discretion.…
Read More 6 minute read Optimistic BBG plans to eliminate RFE/RL Radio Liberty shortwave radio transmissions to Russia, Crimea, other Russian-speaking regionsJune 1, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Russian Service of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) posted an announcement on its…
Read More 6 minute read The Federalist analyzes ‘The Blame Game’ at BBGApril 25, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Long Over and Lost The Blame Game (Power Failure Edition)…
Read More 3 minute read Comments on poor quality video from VOA director’s swearing-in ceremonyApril 22, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Here are a few comments on the poor quality video from Voice of America (VOA)…
Read More 4 minute read Blame game at BBGApril 21, 2016 BBG Watch When something goes wrong at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which happens often, it’s always…
Read More 6 minute read Information Warfare: It’s Over, We LostApril 20, 2016 OPINION: THE FEDERALIST Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information Warfare: It’s Over, We Lost BBG: Land of…
Read More 7 minute read New VOA director should question BBG PR claims, employees sayApril 18, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Amanda Bennett has been named director of the government-owned broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), Ron…
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 3 minute read BBG digital storage not upgraded in five years – who’s fault is it?March 5, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Digital storage equipment at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which serves the needs of…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America’s ‘First Live Facebook Report’ on Super TuesdayMarch 1, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) did what was presented as VOA’s “First Live Facebook Report.”…
Read More 4 minute read Some in Congress fuming over BBG lobbying for status quo EXCLUSIVEFebruary 25, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Some members of Congress are angry at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), its board…
Read More 4 minute read Congress to BBG: You are a ‘Broken Agency’February 23, 2016 BBG Watch This press release was posted today on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs website. This…
Read More 3 minute read BBG’s Chairman and CEO treated to more VOA technical problems on important news and staff meeting dayFebruary 23, 2016 BBG Watch We have attached three screen videos showing Voice of America (VOA) problems with live President Obama…
Read More 7 minute read Brace Yourselves – A Commentary on Broadcasting Board of GovernorsFebruary 22, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Lost – Brace Yourselves By The Federalist …
Read More 7 minute read Hand Me A Shovel, Part IIFebruary 16, 2016 BBG Watch OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: Hand Me A Shovel, Part Two…
Read More 7 minute read Good CEO, some good ideas, bad overall strategyFebruary 13, 2016 BBG Watch Guest Commentary Good CEO, some good ideas, bad overall strategy By Ted Lipien John…
Read More 7 minute read Pro-status quo BBG Washington insider criticized for resisting BBG reformFebruary 13, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Two former Voice of America (VOA) journalists criticized Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Republican member,…
Read More 3 minute read ROBINSON and BELIDA on reforming Voice of America, more news failuresFebruary 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Two former Voice of America (VOA) foreign correspondents posted articles on what to…
Read More 5 minute read New CEO tries to get BBG executives to do their jobsFebruary 8, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary During his few short months on the job, new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO…
Read More 8 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors – Hand Me A ShovelFebruary 6, 2016 Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors Losing The Information War: Hand Me A Shovel By The Federalist…
Read More 5 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors has negative impact in former Soviet republics, Gallup saysFebruary 5, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary With IBB Deputy Director Jeff Trimble, Broadcasting Board of Governors’ longtime executive providing…
Read More 3 minute read BBG CEO and media executives disavow BBG analyst’s view of impactFebruary 3, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) new CEO John Lansing and his senior media executives…
Read More 8 minute read VOA News ignored Senator Corker on Putin corruptionFebruary 2, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (English) News Omits Senator Corker’s Comments on Putin Corruption Voice of…
Read More 13 minute read New BBG CEO John Lansing is having a positive impact, but is it enough?January 29, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary There are clear signs that new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO John Lansing is…
Read More 2 minute read SPEAK UP VOA – BBG Cyber Mess Makes It To Politico – More BBG Bad NewsJanuary 21, 2016 BBG Watch Media POLITICO‘s “Morning Cybersecurity,” a daily briefing on politics and cybersecurity, has a
Read More 5 minute read Broadcasting Board of Governors cyber policies not ready for primetimeJanuary 20, 2016 BBG Watch Media The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) “response to cybersecurity incidents and its newly developed policy…
Read More 19 minute read Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian ServiceJanuary 18, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch Introduction to “Polemical Remarks About Radio Liberty Russian Service: A View From Russia”…
Read More 17 minute read Voice of America Launched Extremism Watch Desk EXCLUSIVEJanuary 14, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary Defying her critics in the Voice of America (VOA) Central English Newsroom who object…
Read More 8 minute read No substantive duplication between RFA and VOA: Radio Free Asia Releases English e-Book on North Korea’s Prison CampsJanuary 12, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary Illustration from Radio Free Asia North Korean Prison Camps E-Book Voice of America…
Read More 22 minute read BBG Contract Employees $400M Class Action Complaint EXCLUSIVEJanuary 8, 2016 BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary This article covers legal issues. Please read our Disclaimers and Terms of Use. …
Read More 10 minute read Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against ReformJanuary 7, 2016 OPINION Throwing Good Money After Bad: BBG’s Desperate Struggle Against Reform Will Taxpayers Continue to Foot This…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America gets hit with ‘Extreme Temperature Swings’January 7, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary If electricity and digital outages, disrupting for hours and in some cases several days delivery…
Read More 9 minute read The Big Kahuna Hits A Wall at Broadcasting Board of GovernorsJanuary 3, 2016 OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We Lost – The Big Kahuna Hits A Wall By…
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…