Social Government

OMB Directory Peter Orszag now blogs. Why this is good for social media throughout the federal government.

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Some suggestions for how government agencies can use Google Maps.

The Department of Health and Human Services prominently placed a suggestion box on their PandemicFlu.gov Web site.
So what? Many agencies do this in order to improve their Web sites.
HHS took it to the next level. They posted the responses and have listed the improvements made directly because of user feedback.
Of course, some people will post [...]

The government can’t add social media to rulemaking Web sites because of a law that dates back to … 1946.

Editor’s note: Please welcome Alexander Muir to Social Government as our newest contributor! Alexander is a junior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., where he studies Society, Technology and Policy.
It’s no secret that the military has been hurting in recent years. With two wars going on, recruitment levels have been at all time [...]

It looks like Bev Godwin and company over at the General Services Administration actually are embarrassed by what Webcontent.gov says about social media.
The GSA posted a solicitation on FedBizOpps.gov Feb. 9 for a $2.5 million contract to conduct a “Citizen Engagement Survey.” One of the objectives of the survey is quite interesting:

…Do citizens really want [...]

Regulations.gov is a Web site that needs more Web 2.0 features — badly.
The Web site currently allows users to electronically submit comments for pending regulations at various agencies. It also allows the user to read the actual regulation and, in many (but not all) cases, read the comments of other citizens who have submitted their [...]