Two of my colleagues posted some interesting links within Yammer for NIST staff. I thought the information might be helpful to others as well. Don Libes posted a link to Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments from the UK. It is lacking any data on cost, but does have some good points. As an addendumRead… Read more »
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 »
A number of organizations in the field of public engagement (NCDD, IAP2, Everyday Democracy, AmericaSpeaks and others) are collaborating on evaluating the Open Government Dialogue and provide recommendations to the Obama administration. They put together this survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=eTvTvChVronq9O_2fZwwCbBQ_3d_3d It’s open to all participants and will be live through August 14. I’ve shared some additional thoughtsRead… Read more »
Twitter in UK Government
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 »
I am in a project to re-design a city website and as city websites age there is starting to a a common vocabulary that surfaces. Common missions also bring up common tasks and functions that a website would have to handle. This part of the study was for city Facilities that are open to theRead… Read more »
Real city planning isn’t complicated. Real city planning doesn’t have to involve laws or regulations. Real city planning doesn’t need a degree or important people. Real city planning is you. You, your vision, your attitude for your community. The single greatest force in any community is the will of its people. Complacency, spirit de corps,Read… Read more »
Writing for the Web Introduction — In writting for the city of richmond website we are trying to accomplish 2 goals. the first goal is to the a reliable source of current information about the operations, interactions and demographic of the City of Richmond. The second goal is to push current projects and inspire citizenRead… Read more »
We really took a big step today with Twitter today @ Internal Revenue by posting events at the Tax Return Preparer Review panel at the Reagan Bldg. I’ve also been active with tax_pro_news on twitter.
I think this blog, although it focuses on technical solutions, would interest GovLoop readers because of its relationship to public participation. Here is the intro. — For almost a decade, thanks to privacy laws, U.S. government web sites have been prohibited from using cookies to maintain information on visitors between sessions. (Session cookies are allowedRead… Read more »