Social Government Returns
Dear Social Government Fan,
After a long hiatus so I could focus on my journalism career, today marks the return of Social Government.
You can continue to expect great stories on how Web 2.0 and social media are used in government at both the federal and state/local level. How-to posts like our killer Twitter in government agencies guide will also continue to be regular features.
But when I was rethinking this blog over the summer, I didn’t have to think hard about one thing we could do differently.
I hope this blog becomes an established part of the D.C. community — something I mostly failed to take advantage of in the spring. I hope to attend events like NASA’s Sept. 24 STS-127 Tweetup. I want to meet my readers — government Web managers, developers, community managers and civilian social media fans. I’d love to do in-person interviews and get to know all of you.
But I don’t want to ignore people outside the Beltway, too — the folks involved in state and local governments. Going stateside will return! Please give me some ideas on what I should cover.
Of course, this blog doesn’t work without your participation. Please leave comments on our posts, tweet us or just e-mail me.
Call me crazy, but I encourage you to put me on your agency’s press release distribution list. Oftentimes an interesting project you’re working on will get my attention!
A word about post frequency: I’ll be posting a few times a week — and will focus on quality rather than quantity. If you’re interesting in writing for the blog, drop me a line!
So that’s it for now. I’ll be back with another post later in the day. For now, thanks for reading this and thanks for joining me for the ride … again.
Best,
/s/
Ethan Klapper
