Here is a recent interview with Dan McSwain, New Media Fellow @ the FCC. I asked him questions pertaining to how the FCC monitors social media. 1. What social media channels (blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.) do you use in your outreach? “First, let me preface this by saying that other FCC employees than myselfRead… Read more »
At a couple of recent presentations on social media for local government, I asked the audiences of IT professionals which tools they were already using. At least 90 percent indicated they were using Twitter or Facebook, usually both. The battle for social media adoption has been won. However, adoption is just the first step, andRead… Read more »
Lovely ColoradoHad a blast at our Denver GovUp last week. It was a great mix of folks from local counties, City of Denver, MPA programs nearby, federal agencies like Interior, GAO, and GSA, and State of Colorado government. The awesome pound below says it all… A couple interesting observations from the night: 1. Help EachRead… Read more »
NASA will host an Open Government Community Summit on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 from 9pm – 12:30pm at NASA HQ. The Open Government Community Summit Series is an inter-agency collaborative event hosted by a different agency each month, facilitated by the Open Forum Foundation. The September workshop was hosted by the EPA and the NovemberRead… Read more »
CrimeReports.com If the evening news has taught us one thing, local crime really captures our attention. It was only a matter of time before the web would catch onto that in a big way too. One of my new favorite sites for 2010 is CrimeReports.com. They take local law enforcement data from over 900 policeRead… Read more »
Great post by Andrew Hoppin. Cross-posted from Globehoppin Andrew Cuomo Releases OpenNY Plan Posted on October 6, 2010 by Andrew Hoppin Andrew Cuomo today released his “OpenNY” plan, part of his expanded “Clean Up Albany: Make It Work” agenda. The plan has three major components, which apparently will be instantiated through a central OpenNY website,Read… Read more »
Had great GovUp in Seattle last night with over 50 folks from City of Seattle, King County, GSA, EPA, University of Washington, other agencies, and local companies like Socrata The speaker was Bill Schrier, CTO of Seattle and he was great. He highlighted a couple great Seattle initiatives such as: data.seattle.gov – City of SeattleRead… Read more »
CityCamp is a global movement of informal conferences bringing together neighborhood and nonprofit leaders and activists, entrepreneurs and technology developers, new media and traditional journalists, and municipal employees to brainstorm, teach, learn and plan how to promote civic engagement and improve our cities with emerging technologies. CityCampSF on Saturday, October 16, is a free eventRead… Read more »
Yesterday, I published an article called Networked Nonprofits: The Eva Longoria Case Study on the new SECTOR: PUBLIC blog. The post is about a recent, massive use of social media by celebrities to raise $540,000 for a Haitian orphanage. While certainly “good” was done, there are also questions about how much tweeting about a causeRead… Read more »
**Register for GovLoop Training – Social Media – Why It Matters & How to Do It** Fortunately this year, I’ve gotten the chance to speak at a lot of conferences from federal to state/local government, from U.S to Canada, from HR to IT to Security conferences. Since GovLoop is a social network, most people wantRead… Read more »