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The “New Media Director” Position is Just a Means to an End

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Unfortunately, by creating this separate “New Media Director&# position, these agencies have undermined their own public affairs, IT security, privacy, and human resources efforts. The “New Media Director&# position has allowed social media to become this separate, compartmentalized thing.

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Social Media and IT Security: Adversaries or Partners?

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We’ve seen the return of the Koobface virus , the Marines have banned social networking sites (*UPDATED: No, they haven’t ) , and both Twitter and Facebook were overcome by denial-of-service attacks. Jay Sebastian I’d just like to mention that the Marine Corps did not place a ‘total’ ban on social media sites.

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So You Just Graduated and You Want a Job

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One way in which I do this is through the strategic use of social media tools like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc. DON’T forget to make use of the privacy settings on these sites. Using Facebook to organize your local PRSSA chapter is very different from using Facebook to invite your friends to a kegger.

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Crowdsourcing Our Health – Using Social Media to Educate and Unite.

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Imagine a world where your doctor calls you to make sure everything is ok after noticing an increase in the number of your Facebook status updates where you said you have a headache. This is an invasion of privacy! Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Government 2.0 Camp - What I Loved and What I'd Like to See Next Year

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While I never felt that we were in an echo chamber, I think that all attendees would benefit if we had some panel discussions and presentations led by privacy experts or IT security experts – people who, by their very nature, have to take a very conservative approach to social media.

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Will I See You at the Gov 2.0 Expo?

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The system also supports mobile applications and integrates public social media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as sophisticated geospatial systems, such as Open Street, to create detailed maps of damaged areas. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Gov 2.0: Taking a Look Back at 2009 | Social Media Strategery

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is about so much more than just Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube. there are government wide terms of service agreements with services like YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Twitter since March, paving the way for engagement with citizens and stakeholders. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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