Best Gov't blogs?

Getting ready to start blogging at the agency director level. Looking for best examples for how to do it right. What are your favorite Gov't to public blogs?

Advice about what to do or not do to get it right?

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Permalink Reply by Adriel Hampton on August 9, 2010 at 5:27pm

NASA CIO Linda Cureton does a great job with her official blog.

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Permalink Reply by GovLoop on August 9, 2010 at 7:37pm

Lots of examples from Census to GovGab to CBO.

I think the major key is
-Timely and consistent content (most blogs start with a big start and have a slow death)
-Outreach to other bloggers in your stakeholder group (EPA for example could outreach to treehugger.com) to let them know about blog and to guest blog possibly
-Interesting content - tell stories, shoot photos and videos, have fun

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Permalink Reply by Peter Sperry on August 10, 2010 at 7:18am

If you are just getting started, you may want to review this report from the Congressional Research Service --
Public Relations and Propaganda: Restrictions on Executive Agency Activities --

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32750.pdf

This was first published in 2005 and was often referenced in 2007 and 2008. Somehow Congressional interest waned in 2009 and 2010 but it may revive in the very near future. Some of the government blogs I've read do not just push the envelope on propaganda, they tear right through it.