“Sweet GovTweets” – Tuesday 24th March 2009 edition

Apologies in advance for errors:

@GetFISARight: net +55 votes for our #askpres question at http://tinyurl.com/d9d3lb … please vote for civil liberties! #bipart #gov20

@adrielhampton: This was absolutely the highlight of my day – visualizing #gov20: http://tinyurl.com/dans6m

@ p2pt0: why talk about skittles when there are some great #askpres questions at http://is.gd/ojox #p2 #rebelleft #gov20 #topprog

@belindaang: What should the perfect new media team structure of a political party be made up of? #gov20 #open_gov

@ Todd_Richardson: @dslunceford I assume you guys are BearingPoint Public Sector and going to Deloitte. What is there presence in Social Media and #gov20?

@ planetrussell: Greening the Gov: McKinsey report details a hard road ahead http://www.twurl.nl/cixtzq #gov20 #tcamp | RT @Bureaupat

@ MWEditor: Coral Springs Mayor Scott Brook wants city to make a Facebook page — city attorney asked to “test the waters” #gov20 http://ow.ly/1k3N

@planetrussell: Grading WhiteHouse.gov www.tr.im/hJEI via WaPo. Who’s grading? @craignewmark, @EllnMllr, @JonHenke #gov20 #opengov

@mixtmedia: At #ALI Social Media for Government conference for a portion of today. Listening to @mbado’s intro now. @uknowjack up next. #gov20

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali Matt Bado of BAH: power of SM isn’t the tools, it’s about what the tools enable; press release will be dead in 36 months

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @jack_holt: Facebook currently published in 40 languages, wiht 60 more underway

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @jack_holt: biz case for DOD new media: 2007 study found big discrepancies between audience interest vs. news media coverage

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @jack_holt: DOD new media team using SM to strategically tell DOD’s story when traditional media sees no story

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @jack_holt: where under age 30 get news: 70% from TV, 40% Internet, 35% newspaper http://twurl.nl/5hqmbd

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @jack_holt: Blogger Roundtable stories catch eye of Washington Post that were previously ignored & land on front page

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @jack_holt: BlogTalkRadio podcasts visited by 175k uniques since Jan. 09 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/

@Todd_Richardson: For BearingPoint PS people wondering about Deloitte and #gov20, this is what they say: http://tinyurl.com/dddzef. What do you think?

@web20blog: #ali #gov20 strategy- decide the end first then plan to get there. Jack holt

@mixtmedia: Have you heard of the UK film Us Now about #gov20? It will be premiered in the US @Gov20Camp this Friday evening! http://tinyurl.com/dmon9b

@web20blog: #ali #gov20 more questions from bloggers help find the connection for the relevance jack holt

@web20blog: #ali #gov20 in social media be honest, stick to what you know. Honor all constituents family,friends,audience,government

@web20blog: Succesful Bloggers cares about the rules Authoritative source, strength of argument, power of ideas jack holt #ali #gov20

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @jack_holt: Netiquette: best way to combat bad press=live like nobody would believe it; success in social networking=be sociable

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali: biggest question in the room so far: how to get senior management support for social media?

@MWEditor Mayors, lawyers and Facebook: “testing the waters” #gov20 http://ow.ly/1k3N

@pbroviak: City of Virginia Beach up now #ALI #gov20

@GetFISARight: only 105 people on all of Twitter care about Obama’s FISA plans!?!?!! http://tinyurl.com/d9d3lb #tcot #topprog #askpres #gov20

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @CityofVaBeach: using Twitter for micro-blogging; also on iTunesU

@ariherzog: Virginia Beach government is using blogs, facebook, twitter, itunes, what am I missing? #ali #gov20

@KatFrench: @ariherzog Youtube or another video sharing utility. #ali #gov20

@rthnnthrntn: Baby steps to #gov20 … Is microblogging a good first step? How have other agencies taken that initial leap? Are employees receptive?

@krazykriz: Hot off the press, real-time blog post: http://twurl.nl/g0i50v #ali #gov20 #govloop Stated agencies issues re: social media/Web 2.0

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @CityofVaBeach: cross-markets social media activities via print publication Beach http://www.vbgov.com

@Digitalocracy: Excellent #gov20 post about data and searchability: http://tinyurl.com/c949h3

@kellyobrien: #gov20 #ali @CityofVaBeach: took 3 years of stakeholder meetings to get social media strategy launched

@ariherzog: Virginia Beach Public Library wants to use open source but is constrained by parent so stays in-house or contracted-out. #ali #gov20

@MWEditor: While Toronto’s mayor Twitters away, city staff find site restricted at work; restrictions don’t apply to council #gov20 http://ow.ly/1l6B

@ariherzog: And that’s a #fail. Who will tell Virginia Beach leaders to go open source? #ali #gov20 The people? Why spend more money on contracts?

@kellyobrien: #ali #gov20 #govloop State Dept: internet/web2.0 group handles knowledge management for entire agency

@kellyobrien: #ali #gov20 #govloop State Dept: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplopedia portal includes Deskapedia (wow, this takes -pedia to new levels!)

@paula_thrasher: @dsutch think for a converged priv/sec session we’ll aim towards a panel discusion. Do you want to moderate? Be a panelist? #Gov20

@ScottHorvath: @kellyobrien #gov20 #ali Start and internal blog where your leaders blog and employ comment. This shows community discussion in ur org.

@telesaur: State agencies on social media issues: http://twurl.nl/g0i50v (RT @krazykriz) #ali #gov20 #govloop

@kellyobrien: #ali #gov20 #govloop @dipnote: Communities@State: great example of organic communities of practice; enhance e-learning platform

@ariherzog: ariherzog: Listening to Captain David Faggard of @afpaa relate he leads a staff of 2. The trio represent the USAF new media team. #ali #gov20

@kellyobrien: #ali #gov20 #govloop: Air Force blog assessment flow chart http://tinyurl.com/8h7bjz

@kellyobrien: #ali #gov20 #govloop: Air Force has social media “play book” with mashup of best practices from public & private sectors+tailored to AF

@kellyobrien: #ali #gov20 #govloop: Air Force taking active role in training all staff about social media: “you’re always on the record”

@kellyobrien: #ali #gov20 #govloop: Air Force considering allowing airmen to blog from home (e.g., from Afghanistan)

@ariherzog: @krazykriz I’d agree State is high but not A+ with Web 2.0. EPA, NASA, LoC, and USCG also are up there. #ali #gov20

@sdeclomesnil: Hilary Clinton, une e-diplomate apôtre des médias sociaux? #gov20: http://bit.ly/18FHNG

@kellyobrien: #ali #gov20 #govloop: Air Force’s Grill Sargeants program: pushing the social media envelope? http://tinyurl.com/dj9zah

@Lyne_Robichaud: @BDrainvillePQ Bienvenue à Twitterville M. le Député. Contente de vous trouveer ici. Bonne chance avec l’apprentissage de plate-forme #gov20

@kellyobrien: #ali #gov20 #govloop: AF new media team created great video to educate own public affairs group; will release video for others to tailor/use

@krazykriz: New real-time blog post: http://twurl.nl/g0i50v #ali #gov20 #govloop Stated agencies issues re: social media/Web 2.0

@Lyne_Robichaud: Craig Vanderwagen devient le 2e haut gestionnaire à répondre à feed-back sur Facebook, après Thierry Saussez (France) #gov20 #opengov #prep

@govsites: following more #municipal #government sites #gov20

@MWEditor: London, Ontario councillor learns from his kids, launches Facebook page; “They do it all on Facebook” #gov20 http://ow.ly/1l70

@silanthia: DC metro having problems with putting its links to scheduling data. http://bit.ly/Dj6Si #gov20 #opengov

@planetrussell Newly-declared candidate for U.S. Congress @adriel4congress has a videoto share with you http://bit.ly/orCn #gov20 #ca10

@faheyr: I guess a combined Bearingpoint and Deloitte is going to be fairly formidable in the whole #gov20 area.Lots of smart people there.

@ariherzog: About to hear @pbroviak and @bgreeves speak on http://munigov.org at #ali #gov20

@Gov20Camp: Some more press on Government 2.0 Camp! The Thriving of the Goverati – http://tinyurl.com/ddlzps #gov20

@ariherzog: But followup to last #ali tweet is because many #gov20 agencies block access to twitter. No different with non-gov firms, sadly.

@socialfeds: @cheeky_geeky VA blocks Twitter. We had it for a little while but, now it’s blocked again. #gov20 @ali

@cheeky_geeky: @ariherzog Complete crap excuse. I know ppl at DOD, USDA, NSF, NOAA, HHS, EPA, DOS, and Congress who can access Twitter. #gov20 #ALI

@ JustinHerman: @ariherzog @cheeky_geeky Stop: *you’re both right*. Some agencies do block but its not widespread http://bit.ly/coRjp #gov20 #ALI

@ariherzog: Correct, guys. For instance, an HHS attendee at #ali was restricted from http connecting to a HHS site. #gov20 Ditto for accessing twitter.

@cheeky_geeky: @poplifegirl That’s not true. I’ve surveyed people and many of them have access to Twitter, Facebook, etc. Where’s your data from? #gov20

@silanthia: Honda placed measure in bill for Congress & its affiliates 2 make data available 2 public in raw form. http://bit.ly/XskC2 #opengov #gov20

@MWEditor: Dot-com campaigning: mayoral candidates in Racine using internet, social media, to connect with voters #gov20 http://ow.ly/1mkq

@socialfeds: Social Media Subcouncil: Tell us what you’d like us to do! http://tinyurl.com/c5zgcn @govsocmed #gov20

@socialfeds: Lets Start A Conversation About NASA’s Future On The Web: http://tinyurl.com/d6fbmj #gov20 #opengov #nasa

@ariherzog: Munigov holds a webinar in Second Life on April 10 #ali #gov20 — register at http://munigov.org

@silanthia: Office of the Director of National Intelligence – datamining report (PDF link) http://bit.ly/42Ra #gov20 #opengov

@RSSNewsmaster: Social Government Radio is a new weekly podcast from @socialgovt chronicling #Gov20 in federal, state, local government http://is.gd/oLvH

@ariherzog: RT @webaddict (via @kellyobrien): In 24 hours, China has completely censored and shut down YouTube http://cli.gs/T7pDu0 #gov20

@cheeky_geeky: What’s your #1 document/blog post/book/etc about Government 2.0 that I should cite in a big paper? #gov20

@krazykriz: #ali Immediate app of social media on e-gov is improving Fed hiring process. Kundra should say: Fix it, OPM, or it’ll be contracted #gov20

@justgrimes: @cheeky_geeky IBM report “Leveraging Web 2.0 in Government” http://bit.ly/sIz08 #1 #gov20; I’m curious to see other answers

@svenburg: good post from O’Reilly Radar about the need for SEO for government data and info http://bit.ly/kmfQ2 #gov20 #gov20camp

@cheeky_geeky: Transforming the Relationship Between Citizens and Government: Making Content Findable Online – http://is.gd/oGQW #gov20 #seo

@quepol: Curious how government agencies currently host/share documents… PDFs on your web server? Let me know. (#gov20 / Gov 2.0)

@svenburg: keep the voting going on what is most important to assuring open gov at @sunlightnetwork http://bit.ly/MFsqN #OOGL #gov20camp #gov20

@TMPolitician: Seeing as my background is in SEO, this article about SEO and the government is great. http://bit.ly/kmfQ2 #gov20

@p2pt0: #askpres Tweeting points updated! http://tinyurl.com/c3x83s please RT! #p2 #rebelleft #topprog #gov20 #pxfridays

@sairy: The White House is Open for Questions! (w00t Katie, Macon, & all) http://www.whitehouse.gov/openforquestions/ #opengov #gov20 #p2

@michael_messina: hello world, working on my thesis: how local govs can use social networks to generate citizen participation in policy & planning? #gov20

@govsites: @kcnews Congratulations to King County, Washington on the well deserved recognition http://tinyurl.com/cv4bxs #gov20 #government

@digitalorcacy Gaining some traction on my #gov20 plan: http://tinyurl.com/ct7mfy