Wiki about Social Networking Legal Issues: Washington State
This wiki contains some useful information about Social Media and Local Elected Officials. http://citycouncilbloghandbook.wikispaces.com/Legal+Issues+and+Guidance
This wiki contains some useful information about Social Media and Local Elected Officials. http://citycouncilbloghandbook.wikispaces.com/Legal+Issues+and+Guidance
I was pretty excited when Helio Leite Teixeira joined GovLoop. I’m always interested to see how Gov 2.0 is being used in other countries and he sounded like he was doing great work with his blog and at his Commission. Helio graciously took the time out to answer a few questions for GovLoop Member ofRead… Read more »
It’s my understanding that next general election must be held by the first week of next June, and might be called sooner. This is a terrific opportunity to observe the voters, parties and government of a highly educated, bandwidth-rich nation as they engage with social media under election pressure. I won’t pretend to provide anythingRead… Read more »
On Friday I posted a blog about an proposal for protecting the privacy of citizens and federal employees who use federal web sites. A more policy-oriented blog is now at: http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/privacy-and-open-government-co.html Topics: Can the government be your friend? Anonymity, pseudonymity, and participation Who should run an OpenID server? Thought experiment: could federal agencies offer anonymousRead… Read more »
Considering the lively discussion on social media after the OGI conference, and DoD’s heavy involvement in using and promoting social media tools, I have to say this article was a real eye-opener. The left hand does not know what the right hand is doing becomes more and more apt for government when it comes toRead… Read more »
Over the weekend my father-in-law decided to take advantage of the Cash for Clunkers program and went car shopping. Unfortunately the Dodge dealer he went to in his home town of Paris, Illinois informed him that they had put the program on hold. Apparently they had sold five cars and had yet to be paidRead… Read more »
Hi everyone: I gave an informative 8-minute interview on the complexities of gov contracting, growing a gov contracting business, and getting on Schedule. See it here! Hope you find it helpful. Marissa Levin CEO, Information Experts
Two of my colleagues posted some interesting links within Yammer for NIST staff. I thought the information might be helpful to others as well. Don Libes posted a link to Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments from the UK. It is lacking any data on cost, but does have some good points. As an addendumRead… Read more »
Interesting Gov 2.0 tweets and stories from July 26 – August 1st, 2009 The week got off to a fun start when an alleged White House employee dubbing themselves the “realtweetthroat” contacted @GovFresh to blow the lid off of Twittergate, poking fun at the fact that the microblogging service was reported to be blocked atRead… Read more »
A number of organizations in the field of public engagement (NCDD, IAP2, Everyday Democracy, AmericaSpeaks and others) are collaborating on evaluating the Open Government Dialogue and provide recommendations to the Obama administration. They put together this survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=eTvTvChVronq9O_2fZwwCbBQ_3d_3d It’s open to all participants and will be live through August 14. I’ve shared some additional thoughtsRead… Read more »