By Dennis D. McDonald I’m tracking public announcements about the transition to the Obama administration and the emerging role for digital media and technology in the public sector. Currently a mix of messages is being transmitted by industry and government leaders and commentators. Some are overwhelmingly positive about the potential for using modern digital mediaRead… Read more »
from www.adrielhampton.com After using Facebook and Twitter at high volume for a few months, I’m ready to say it: one has universal appeal, the other most decidedly does not. I like both, but I have to take a strong position against folks who think everyone should be on Twitter. Everyone should not be on Twitter.Read… Read more »
This is the full Twitter interview. These are the actual words used in real time, presented in the order in which they were used. There is a limit of 140 character spaces per message. • Where are you from? • Hmm. I was born in Modesto, home of Gary Condit, Cary Stayner … I thinkRead… Read more »
Much government web content is written in “governmentese” instead of plain language, says a white paper* developed by the Federal Web Managers Council, comprised of Cabinet agency Web Directors. The paper suggests (i) Establish Web Communications as a core government business function, (ii) Help the public complete common government tasks efficiently, (iii) Clean up theRead… Read more »
This past month went by so fast, that I really hadn’t had the time to document everything on all my blogs & sites as much as I would like to… so, here’s the big news: I found myself in Supermodels Unlimited Magazine, in the “Most Beautiful Power Women” Issue!!!!! I’m in there right next toRead… Read more »
Okay, GovLoopers… the Hokie Guru has had a great time blogging college football with you this year. The Hokie Guru’s next post will be after the Christmas holiday. The next posts will be previews of the major college basketball conferences and a few college football bowl game picks. Beginning Saturday, the Hokie Guru is goingRead… Read more »
The Modern Marvels: Measure It episode will air next week, Tuesday December 23rd at 8 pm ET. “How do you weigh a whale? We go to Shamu’s Tank at Sea World to find out. How does your speedometer work? Off to GM’s test track for the answer. We’ll look at the five most common areasRead… Read more »
I am a hardcore Web 2.0 fan, but I can well understand people who are fed up with all this talk of Web 2.0 and of course very much the same fate lies in store for the “Government 2.0” label. Nonetheless we should be thinking about where government (and the public sector more generally) shouldRead… Read more »
Original post at http://blog.e.govt.nz/index.php/2008/12/16/when-state-servants-use-social-media/ Over the last 3 years we (in New Zealand, but also around the world) have seen a steady increase in the use of social media by State servants: –sanctioned government agency blogs, –State servants blogging about their organisations in their spare time, –State servants responding to blog posts, –State servants writingRead… Read more »
“The NIST Information Coordinators Committee has established a Web 2.0 group with representation from across NIST to suggest and facilitate new ways that NIST’s Web site can create two-way communication with our stakeholders and to update our policies to explicitly provide guidance for using Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, public comment functions for WebRead… Read more »