Comments on: Facebook Pages and Government: Best Practices

By: Ethan Klapper

Ethan Klapper — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:14:17 +0000

You’re absolutely right. At the time it seemed like they were a good example, but indeed the agency has had many missteps since I wrote that post in March.

By: Tad Reeves

Tad Reeves — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:11:20 +0000

“Good example: WMATA, the folks who bring you Metrorail, Metrobus and MetroAccess in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.”

Unfortunately, though, WMATA has been one of the worst examples in terms of the essence of Gov 2.0 — open data. They fought adding their data stream to Google Transit for ever. Even still, try getting transit directions in DC, you’ll get some awful direction. http://bit.ly/1zo5q4

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By: Kristina Podnar

Kristina Podnar — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:36:36 +0000

Great post and good for thought. It is nice to see government embracing new channels of communications, such as Facebook. I am wondering, amongst other things, if there has been conversations about using such applications that are not accessible to those with disabilities (Section 508) and how agencies are approaching this challenge.

Hope to hear more discussion on this topic.

Kristina

By: Campariman

Campariman — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:51:35 +0000

I would add one that I heard:

“It’s not necessary nor recommended to re-create one’s organizational structure with FB pages”.

Good job. Respect!