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“I want a Twitter for All the Various Parts of the Government”

Social Media Strategery

He advocates for asynchronous communications and for engaging with the community when and where they are, rather than trying to get more comments or web traffic. He advocates for asynchronous communications and for engaging with the community when and where they are, rather than trying to get more comments or web traffic."

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Social Media isn'ta Prerequisite for Open Government

Social Media Strategery

You don’t have to wait until you hammer out a Twitter policy or get legal approval for your blogging guidelines to start this transformation.You don’t need to create all kinds of widgets and mashups with your data. If this is still a policy at your agency, show them this and get the policy changed.

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Government Use of Social Media - "In Addition to," Not "In Lieu of.

Social Media Strategery

community’s zeal for all things social media and online, 1/3 of Americans still don’t have access to broadband Internet , and even among those who do, less than 50% prefer to contact their government via online means, instead preferring the telephone, in-person contact, or writing a letter (!!). community?

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An Interview with Blogger Bob From TSA's Evolution of Security.

Social Media Strategery

Legal also played a major part in crafting our comment policy. Therefore we coordinated a policy and Terms of Use between the Office of Chief Counsel and other TSA offices. But all in all, we’ve been able to make policy changes ( Black Diamond & Electronics in Bags ) and better train our work force. If so, what was it?

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Gov 2.0 Jobs, Moves, and Opportunities

Social Media Strategery

community, congratulate those of us on new career moves, and help connect potential candidates to new positions too. The Director, New Media and Web Communications has specific responsibility for training and guiding Department Web Managers and for overseeing implementation of web policies and procedures. Open until Feb.

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Social Media and IT Security: Adversaries or Partners?

Social Media Strategery

Joshua Salmons stated it best in a recent blog post – “If the president left his travel agenda scheduling up to the Secret Service, he’d never leave the White House bunker (”Safer” is easier.). .&# However, in banning social media because it’s “safer,&# are we effectively burning the town to stop the plague?

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Epic News Alerts On Twitter

Koka Sexton

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. This is because CNN has mastered the art of sending updates about any news that comes across their desk.

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