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
Communications
GovLoop Member of Week – Helio Leite Teixeira
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 »
I’ve been surfing social media and the general election in the UK
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 »
Disappointed
I’m disappointed in govloop. I was hoping to find more information on the legal side of social media – complying with public record and open meeting laws. However, this site appears to be more federally oriented and businesses advertising their conferences. The business advertising is most annoying. With the economic conditions facing local goverments, theRead… Read more »
Why Searching With Bing & Twitter Will Save Journalism
If you Google the “demise of journalism,” some 718,000 results will appear detailing the transition of consumers to the Internet, the decline of advertising revenue, the hacking of newsroom editorial staffs, the artificial knowledge of crowd-sourced information, and the collective threat to intellectualism and civic responsibility. Usually fingers are pointed at culprits from spineless newspaperRead… Read more »
End of the FY Goat Rope (And I think I’m the goat.)
It has started in earnest. Two weeks notice of really short deadlines that depend on a multitude of people to have a small chance of meeting. Why is it that we basically close down government every September (now creeping into August) to deal with book balancing and bureaucracy? Why can’t we do this stuff yearRead… Read more »
Article: DoD May Ban Twitter…
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 »
GovTwit Week in Review: 7/26 – 8/01
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 »
British government tells civil servants to tweet – publishes guidelines (!!!)
Twitter in UK Government
Good piece on MEDIASHIFT re public officials on Twitter
Sorry if this was already posted. Mark Hannah has a nice piece on MEDIASHIFT about how public officials are using Twitter. He wonders if “our elected officials (are) using Twitter to get around the traditional media filter and communicate directly with their constituents?”, to which I would say, “Of course they are.” That’s the point.Read… Read more »