Blind Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng told a VOA reporter that he listened to the Voice of America during the hours that the BBG now has reduced to prerecorded programmming
Here are the members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the BBG Budget
GSA officials threw an $830,000 party in Las Vegas for which the taxpayers got the bill. Taxpayers may foot the bill for much more due to BBG officials' violations.
Every so often there is case that so perfectly illustrates the mistreatment of employees committed by the BBG/IBB/VOA management that it needs to be told. The way this management has mistreated people that they brought into this country via the inappropriate use of the J-1 Visa process (known for good reason as the “nanny visa”) is appalling.
Unfortunately the example below is not a singular case. There have been others that this management has sent packing in a similar manner. These former employees now have a very low opinion of the United States Government; if not America itself (although it needs to be pointed out that Sumaira has not indicated any ill will towards anyone at this point).
I believe that the BBG/IBB/VOA management, by treating their J-1 Visa holders the way they do, turn these once enthusiastic promoters of America and our values into less than enthusiastic admirers of this country. In this way the management under the BBG undermines the Voice of America’s purpose, at least to the extent that we are supposed to promote good will towards this country and our ideals.
I cannot vouch for everything she states but I can state that when the head of the H.R. office was asked what would have happened if Sumaira left the country when she was first informed that her visa had expired, she me told that there would not have been a reconsideration appeal because the Agency would not sponsor her to bring her back. In addition, the deciding official who heard Sumaira’s appeal did not sign the decision letter. One has to wonder why. I was a witness to Sumaira’s appeal and believe a third party decision maker would have thrown out the Agency’s allegations completely.
Read Sumaira’s account by clicking on the title of this story.
Many staffers have approached AFGE Local 1812, asking what we can do for them as RIFs loom. Of course, you know that the union is deeply involved in this battle to save VOA. We stand by you
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