When the President addresses Congress tonight on the State of the Union, the American people have one more way they can tune in to listen live. Last week, the White House announced the launch of an application with streaming video for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. The application also features updates from the White House [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau kicked off a nationwide campaign this week to raise awareness about our Constitutionally-mandated, decennial headcount. Much is at stake over the next few months through the census process: from determining proportional representation in Congress to guiding federal funding (some $3 trillion over a 10-year period). And the success of the census, [...]
This crossed my Twitter radar yesterday: a wiki of “Web 2 0 [sic] Governance Policies and Best Practices.”
This comprehensive wiki contains links to government social media best practices sites as well as blogging and commenting policy sites.
We’ve covered many of the sites mentioned there already, but there were some gems — especially the links to [...]
Although there might still be a “coming soon” box on the much-anticipated data.gov Web site, that isn’t stopping Google from getting a head start on developing new capabilities that will allow users to easily search and compare vast amounts of numbers and statistics in the public domain. Yesterday, the Internet giant announced that it will [...]
The CDC has been proactive in its use of social media to spread information about the Swine Flu outbreak.
The Environmental Protection Agency invites anyone over age 18 to contribute to its ongoing photo project. Using Flickr, the agency will feature user-submitted photos to celebrate Earth Day on April 22. It chose the photo sharing platform “to encourage participation and provide maximum public access.” Photos can be submitted until April 30. The project (which was promoted on [...]
The State Department will hold a digital town hall on Friday.
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