Russia’s RT retweets on Voice of America website draw criticism from former BBG members
BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members have criticized Voice of America (VOA) practice…
Extraordinary Measures
International Broadcasting Bureau – Adding Disinformation to Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: Extraordinary Measures By The…
Kenneth Y Tomlinson, 1944-2014
Kenneth Y Tomlinson 1944-2014 By The Federalist Kenneth Y Tomlinson, a former Voice of America (VOA) director and…
WT on BBG – ‘Government media board facing inquiry over hiring protocol’
The Washington Times reports that “the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the more than $700 million international media arm…
Blame the IBB, not the BBG Board, for making U.S. media outreach dysfunctional, says former VOA and IBB executive
BBG Watch Commentary Journalist, writer and former Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive, Ted…
‘The Tree — A Living Memorial — Grows’ — BBG employees honor Ambassador Ashe
BBG Watch Commentary We are posting an update on efforts by U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees…
Disastrous BBG Budget
“The true bureaucrat is a man of really remarkable talents. He writes a kind of English that…
Employees, former BBG member appalled by FY2015 program cuts and BBG press release
BBG Watch Commentary The announcement of massive FY2015 cuts to foreign language news programs for overseas audiences and…
Former U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors member Victor Ashe comments on Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary An op-ed on Ukraine by former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member, former U.S. ambassador…
Former BBG member Blanquita Cullum : ‘very concerned about Voice of America’
BBG Watch “We’ve got a serious problem,” journalist, broadcaster and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita…
Congressman Duncan honors Ambassador Ashe for BBG service, BBG Watch reporting cited in Congressional Record
United States Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. from Tennessee, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and…
Dan Robinson’s Retirement
BBG Watch Commentary Dan Robinson’s retirement from Voice of America (VOA) is as regrettable as it was avoidable.…
The Russian Front: The Crimean Offensive 2014
This morning’s BBG Watch headline, “Voice of America gives Kerry 69 words on Ukraine and Russia, Voice of…
Gary Thomas comments on departure of VOA White House correspondent Dan Robinson
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America senior correspondent Gary Thomas has commented on the departure from VOA…
Another former BBG member dismayed by departure of Voice of America White House correspondent
BBG Watch Commentary A former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member, Ambassador Victor Ashe, expressed dismay over the…
President Obama nominates Karen Kornbluh to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Apparently the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executives, external affairs and public relations staffers did not…
A Living Memorial In Honor of Former BBG Governor, Victor Ashe
BBG Watch Commentary “The American Linden tree planted through the efforts of AFGE Local 1812 will be a…
BBG Media Highlights – February 18, 2014 – A Living Memorial In Honor of Former BBG Governor, Victor Ashe
BBG Watch Commentary – “BBG Media Highlights” are distributed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – a…
Attention to management crisis at Voice of America should be priority for Richard Stengel at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Posting feature reports on dog shows, Justin Bieber’s drunk driving, and the British royal family…
OIG alleges massive Anti-Deficiency Act violations by IBB officials
BBG Watch Commentary The Department of State Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that International Broadcasting Bureau…
Broadcasting Board Accused of Mishandling Contractor Taxes, Government Executive reports after BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, http://www.govexec.com/,a business news daily for federal managers and executives, is reporting after a…
WHO’S IN CHARGE – REALLY?? – AFGE Local 1812 Editorial
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is republishing as a public service an editorial posted on the website of…
Lost and Dead – A New Level of Dysfunctional and Defunct – Part One
International Broadcasting Bureau – Information War: Lost and Dead – A New Level of Dysfunctional and Defunct – Part One…
Alleged violations of IRS rules by IBB officials may cost taxpayers, U.S. agency millions
BBG Watch Exclusive Commentary BBG Watch has learned that officials of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) at a…
Former member calls for urgent reforms at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Victor Ashe, a former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland and…
BBG Media Highlights – January 27, 2014
BBG Watch Commentary – “BBG Media Highlights” are distributed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – a…
Inner City Press journalist reports on nomination to BBG, blames VOA officials
BBG Watch Commentary An independent American journalist who complains of being targeted by officials of the dysfunctional, U.S.…
Memo To The Board #3 – The Ice Age – from The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Memo To The Board #3: The…
If Richard Lobo did not make his agency ‘defunct’ – who did? Hillary Clinton?
BBG Watch Commentary As reported on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website, at an agency-wide staff meeting on…
ON THIS THANKSGIVING…
BBG Watch wishes Happy Thanksgiving to our readers, contributors and supporters. The following commentary is reposted from the…
BBG Governor Matt Armstrong talks with agency’s journalists about management reforms
BBG Watch Commentary We note with some encouragement and pleasure reports from our sources that one of the…
A Memo to the Board – The Federalist
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: A Memo to the Board by The Federalist On Wednesday, October 23,…
CUSIB Director expressed alarm about decline of Voice of America’s ability to cover U.S. and world news
BBG Watch Commentary CUSIB normally does not comment on news content issues, but its Advisory Board members apparently…
IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was provided by Ted Lipien, director of the independent Committee for U.S. International…
Bureaucrats With A Grudge
Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Bureaucrats With…
Shutdowns, Threats and a Car Chase
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Shutdowns, Threats and a Car…
Reforming U.S. international broadcasting agency won’t be easy as entrenched bureaucrats try to hold on to their jobs
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting,…
AFGE Tribute to BBG Governor Susan McCue: AFGE1812 SALUTES A GOVERNOR AND A LADY
BBG Watch Commentary AFGE Local 1812, a union representing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) workforce, posted on…
Departures of good BBG Governors allow failed IBB and VOA managers to stay
BBG Watch Commentary Not all Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members have been great. Some were disengaged or…
BBG Governor Susan McCue Nominated to Millennium Challenge Corporation Board
BBG Watch Commentary Several current and former U.S. international broadcasting employees contributed to this BBG Watch article. What…
No Class
BBG Watch Commentary No Class An event of sorts took place today, Monday, September 23, at the Cohen…
Anniversary of the mass firings of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Some of the fired journalists were asked by the new management to return to Radio…
Yet another personnel change at PNN – Voice of America Persian Service – is a sign of deep leadership crisis at VOA
BBG Watch Commentary Observers of U.S. international broadcasting see the latest personnel change at PNN (Persian News…
Why Secretary Kerry has not yet designated anyone to represent him at BBG meetings?
BBG Watch Commentary As far as we know, Secretary of State John Kerry has not yet designated anyone…
APOLOGISTS HARD AT WORK, HOPEFULLY NOT ON TAXPAYERS’ DIME
BBG Watch Commentary We are reposting a commentary which has been posted on the AFGE Local 1812 website.…
Klose choice applauded by CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio World reported on the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting’s (CUSIB – cusib.org) support for…
Anna’s Story – ‘Anna Karapetian: a woman against the System’ by Veronica Sulla
BBG Watch Commentary A documentary essay, Anna Karapetian: a woman against the System, was posted recently in Russian…
CUSIB Applauds Appointment of Kevin Klose As RFE/RL President and CEO
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) welcomed the appointment of Kevin Klose…
Former BBG Governor Ashe welcomes promise of federal pay raise, warns of anti-labor animus
BBG Commentary Beloved by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) rank and file employees and feared by International Broadcasting…
Salvador’s Story
BBG Watch Commentary From the firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia to the illegal RIF of OCB…