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Voice of America is late in posting news stories, gets pummeled by BBC, Russia Today and Al Jazeera in social media engagement

August 27, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Consequences of allowing the worst management team in the federal government to continue to run…

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Victor Ashe got things headed in the right direction at BBG, Radio Liberty

August 5, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Victor Ashe’s legacy at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be one of being…

Senate Foreign Relations Committee cleared nominations of Shell, Crocker, and Armstrong for BBG board

August 1, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which holds jurisdiction over all…

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Former Voice of America journalist says U.S. officials are losing information war abroad

July 29, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and journalist Ted Lipien wrote in a…

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BBG Governor Victor Ashe accuses top agency officials of wasting taxpayers’ money, prolonging hardships of RIFed employees

July 29, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary In a strongly-worded statement for the press, Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) only Republican member…

Despite their statements that they will not propagandize Americans, IBB officials must be closely watched

July 26, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary While BBG Watch would like to believe Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) assurances that it…

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Heritage Foundation’s Helle Dale, others call for greater scrutiny of officials in charge of U.S. broadcasts

July 24, 2013

From John Brown’s Public Diplomacy Review, July 15-19, 2013. “Propaganda is a pejorative term …” —Broadcasting Board of…

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The Thomas Affair at Voice of America – Ted Lipien

July 11, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting Associate Director in charge of VOA…

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‘LET THEM EAT ICE CREAM’ on 4th of July – media freedom journalists suffer injustice, humiliation and hardships under IBB

July 4, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary “While in Miami the lives of many honest, hardworking people are utterly destroyed, here in…

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Beyond Rehabilitation – Embracing The Totalitarian Model

July 2, 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Beyond Rehabilitation – Embracing The Totalitarian Model by The…

Aspen Ideas Festival kept VOA Director Ensor from dealing with crisis in Cambodia

July 1, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary An agency source told BBG Watch that Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor was…

Still under discredited IBB management team, BBG listed among six agencies good employees should avoid

June 21, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The latest Best Places to Work in the Federal Government snapshot by the Partnership for…

Radio Liberty and other independent journalists in Russia want BBG Governor Ashe to stay

June 18, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary When former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) executives fired them without any warning,…

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Penny’s Folly

May 26, 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – Penny’s Folly by The…

Management's panic at survey time

May 19, 2013

AFGE Local 1812 employee union reports that International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and other managers responsible for creating a…

What may be behind White House attempt to remove Victor Ashe from BBG board?

May 15, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) only Republican board member, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland…

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Obama nominates Ryan Crocker to serve on Broadcasting Board of Governors

May 11, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Will Ambassador Crocker’s nomination to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) displace corruption watcher and…

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – The Latest Numbers Game

May 9, 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – The Latest Numbers Game by The Federalist…

Michael Lynton misses another Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting, makes agency ungovernable

April 25, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Sources at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report that BBG’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael…

Voice of America – Broadcasting Board of Governors – has worst bosses, Federal Times reports

April 1, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Federal Times reported that the Voice of America (VOA) has some of the worst bosses…

Morale boosting plan made some BBG employees highly skeptical

March 26, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary One employee said that he was literally sick in his stomach listening to and watching…

Growing consensus that failed Broadcasting Board of Governors executives should leave

March 15, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary “That is why we call yet again on Congress to exercise its overview functions to…

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OCB and IBB executives show contempt for employees and law, face criticism from Victor Ashe

March 14, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Cheered on by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive staff, the current administration of the…

Is unexplained absence of Broadcasting Board of Governors interim chair due to alleged conflict of interest?

March 10, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary While the remaining members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) have been working hard…

MAXIMUS HUBRIS / REASONABLE DOUBT, PART IV by AFGE Local 1812

February 16, 2013

The employee union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1812, continues…

Single CEO for U.S. International Broadcasting expected in Obama's FY2014 budget proposal

February 11, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that President Obama’s FY2014 budget proposal is likely to call for…

MAXIMUS HUBRIS / REASONABLE DOUBT, PART III

February 9, 2013

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812, continues its series…

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Union criticizes executive staff attacks on BBG members

January 29, 2013

In a new article, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, American Federation of Government Employees Local…

Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: The Secretary Weighs In – Again

January 27, 2013

(For more discussion on Secretary Clinton’s comments and the future of BBG see: “Fox, Marks, Perron, and…

Broadcasting Board of Governors may put a stop to intimidation of journalists by senior managers

January 26, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that attempts by seniors executives and managers to intimidate journalists and…

IBB executives travel abroad, pay no attention as RFE/RL crisis deepens and audiences decline

December 12, 2012

BBG Watch Commentary Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva and former President Mikhail Gorbachev apparently care more about…

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Broadcasting Board of Governors – agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting in a state of general failure

November 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 says

November 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 says

November 9, 2012

Reposted from the AFGE Local 1812 website. Business As Usual For those AFGE Local 1812 Local members who…

BBG Governors refuse to work, may cancel November meeting, leave incompetent executives in charge

November 8, 2012

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that two Broadcasting Board of Governors members, interim presiding governor Michael…

Democratic and Republican Congressmen are concerned with BBG's practice of replacing federal employees with contractors

November 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 worse

November 3, 2012

BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has received even lower scores in the 2012 Federal…

Broadcasting Board of Governments employee union stands in solidarity with fired Radio Liberty journalists

October 11, 2012

Support for fired Radio Liberty Service Employees The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union AFGE Local 1812…

Broadcasting Board of Governors officials rebuked on illegal firings of employees, likely to waste millions on further appeals

October 1, 2012

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) rejected all of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) exceptions to Arbitrator…

Ending the Ponzi Scheme at the Voice of America

August 22, 2012

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union AFGE Local 1812 has posted on its website another article…

Broadcasting Board of Governors Managers Rated Some of the Worst in Federal Government

August 16, 2012

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives are some of the worst managers in the entire federal government according…

Broadcasting Board of Governors to hold a closed meeting to review staff's budget recommendations

August 11, 2012

According to the announcement, which has been posted but does not appear on the home page of the…

Broadcasting Board of Governors – How Do You Spell Tyranny?

July 9, 2012

Broadcasting Board of Governors – How Do You Spell Tyranny? A commentary by The Federalist “During times of…

Can Morale Working Group improve morale at BBG faster than a change of leadership would?

June 16, 2012

Employee Survey. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) conducted the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey from April 9…

Poor employee morale discussed at BBG meeting, OPM survey participation rate falls

June 12, 2012

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Victor Ashe disclosed that agency workforce participation in the latest Office of…

Broadcasting Board of Governors employee union accuses management of bad faith; BBG Governor Ashe voices concerns about poor employee morale

June 5, 2012

In a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim Presiding Governor Michael Lynton, Tim Shamble, president…

Shortwave is not a hot topic, BBG strategists are

April 15, 2012

BBG Watch Commentary reflecting contributions from several individuals. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) strategists have engaged in a…

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Director Bruce Sherman on Broadcasting Board of Governors' killing of Voice of America brand-name

April 12, 2012

BBG Watch Commentary Why is the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) trying to silence Voice of America (VOA)…

BBG bureaucracy versus strategy and national interests

March 12, 2012

BBG bureaucracy versus strategy and national interests defines proposed program cuts at Voice of America The bureaucratic executive…