Broadcasting Board of Governors – Iran and the Art of the Deal
by The Federalist Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor is taking on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and its…
Broadcasting Board of Governors: The Good, The Bad, The Nonsensical
by The Federalist Ted Lipien’s recent op-ed piece in The Washington Times, “LIPIEN: VOA harms Putin opposition in Russia Faked interviews, lax Web security are signs a shakeup is needed,” took the Voice of America’s (VOA) Russian Service to the woodshed for its recent fiasco of posting a fake interview with a leading Russian opposition leader and dissident blogger.
Cowards and Bullies – The Federalist
by The Federalist We hear that a certain member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has been…
Broadcasting Board of Governors: Borsch – The Federalist
by The Federalist In recent days, the independent employee and volunteer-run BBG Watch website has posted a series…
Broadcasting Board of Governors: More of The Battle Rages On – The Federalist
The Federalist calls for translating into English and putting online some of the foreign language reports and commentaries…
Broadcasting Board of Governors: The Battle Rages On – The Federalist
by The Federalist There seems to be a conflicted message coming out of the Broadcasting Board of…
BBG Plans Hit Major Rocks and Realities in VOA Central News – The Federalist
The entities – all the entities – function better as self-contained units, serving their respective missions and intended…
Broadcasting Board of Governors: All Along The Watchtower – The Federalist
by The Federalist A considerable amount of howling has been coming from the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
The Broadcasting Board of Governors – Cold Hard Cash
by The Federalist Once again, senior agency officials stirred up a hornets nest with revelations of cash awards…
The Broadcasting Board of Governors – Cold Hard Cash
by The Federalist Once again, senior agency officials stirred up a hornets nest with revelations of cash awards handed out in FY2010, especially to themselves. Cash awards are not uncommon in the Federal Government
US International Broadcasting and the BBG: The Numbers Game
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has announced that its own surveys (These are not completely independent surveys.…
US International Broadcasting and the BBG: The Numbers Game
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has announced that its own surveys (These are not completely independent surveys. They are produced by a contractor, InterMedia, for whom the BBG has been for years the only major client.
The “New” BBG Strategic Plan, Part Three: Thoughts on “Freedom and Democracy”
by The Federalist Let’s take a moment to review the VOA Charter: “The long-range interests of the United…
The “New” BBG Strategic Plan, Part Two
by The Federalist As said before, this alleged “plan” isn’t new. It’s recycled and repackaged a bit, but…
Employees are expendable collateral — The Federalist
More on the BBG Employee Survey by The Federalist In the October 2011 meeting of the Broadcasting Board…
The “New” BBG Strategic Plan — The Federalist — BBG Watch
by The Federalist On Friday, October 14, the Broadcasting Board of Governors put out a press release heralding its “new” alleged “strategic plan.” Well, really, this isn’t something “new.” It’s more a case of something being recycled and repackaged. The goals are the same: the destruction of effective US international broadcasting. Someone inside the Cohen Building must think they are being clever.
The “New” BBG Strategic Plan
by The Federalist On Friday, October 14, the Broadcasting Board of Governors put out a press…
The Long, Slow Crawl Up The Mountain, Part II — BBG Watch
By The Federalist
The Long, Slow Crawl Up The Mountain, Part II
By The Federalist People who monitor what goes on inside the Cohen Building were amazed to…
The Long Slow Crawl Up The Mountain
The numbers are in for the 2011 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (formerly known as the Human Capital Survey).…
The Long Slow Crawl Up The Mountain — BBG Watch
The numbers are in for the 2011 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (formerly known as the Human Capital Survey). Once again, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) solidly maintains its position as one of the worst work environments in the Federal workplace. Here are some of the “highlights:” • 33rd of 37 in job satisfaction; • 35th of 37 on results-oriented performance culture; • 36th of 37 on talent management; and, • 37th of 37 on leadership and knowledgeable management
“Potentially Damaging Content”
The latest revelations by BBG Watch regarding the Broadcasting Board of Governors describe an organization that is at…
The Humpty Dumpty Strategic Plan for U.S. International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, July 8, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is…
Mistakes Repeated
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, February 2, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is by The Federalist, one of…
When A Federal Agency Goes Bad
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 8, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is by The…
The Worst of Times
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 8, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary is by The…
Thinking About The Unthinkable
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, January 6, 2009, San Francisco — This commentary by The…
Size 10 – US Public Diplomacy Disaster
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, December 18, 2008, San Francisco — One of our regular…
Reverse Propagation
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, November 5, 2008, San Francisco — This commentary by one…
Restoring Effectiveness of U.S. Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog The Federalist Commentary, September 25, 2008, San Francisco — Free Media Online Blog…