Yearly Archives: 2009

Federal Eye: WAMU Airs Audio of VA Incident

Washington public radio station WAMU this morning aired audio of an exchange that took place last Tuesday night between one of its reporters and a VA Hospital public affairs officer that resulted in the confiscation of the reporter’s recording equipment. Officials from Washington’s VA Medical Center on Friday returned the audio flash drive they hadRead… Read more »

Time Sinks

I’ve set a goal this week to identify my personal, and the office’s general, time sinks. Where time is frittered away and the returns are not worth it. I already have a few in mind for each category. It will be interesting to see what the results are at the end of the week.

GovLoop Member of the Week: Vanessa Casavant, Communications Writer – Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington

Thanks so much to Vanessa Casavant for agreeing to be the member of the week this week! How did you get involved in journalism and public affairs? I was actually a really disengaged citizen living in NYC at the age of 21 and pursuing an acting career. I had a temp position in downtown ManhattanRead… Read more »

“Sweet GovTweets” Sat 11 April 2009 edition

Apologies for erros in advance. @adrielhampton: @EllnMllr Who’s actually making the TARP decisions? Curious. So was Sunlight. http://bit.ly/3ryU15 #opengov #gov20 @ariherzog: Wow! Look at the boring http://house.gov and http://senate.gov | Then be stunned at the redesigned and pretty http://parliament.uk #gov20 @adrielhampton: “SF City Attorney Joins Twitter” http://bit.ly/PgRJC #gov20 @governingpeople; 10 British city councils were awardedRead… Read more »

SF City Attorney Joins Twitter

from LocalGov20.com – The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office on Friday soft launched an official Twitter account for City Attorney Dennis Herrera. The policy development behind the launch is an example of Government 2.0 collaboration in action. I assisted in the effort, researching and discussing social-media-for-governance pitfalls and promise with media, outreach and IT strategistsRead… Read more »