Modernization
DHS sets privacy policies for selected social media tools
The Homeland Security Department said its employees will not be collecting or storing personal information from widgets, texts, mobile apps, RSS feeds, podcasts or videos.
Digital Government
VA attacked for poor use of Facebook, other social media
Veterans Affairs Department officials are confronting criticism that they are not doing enough to reach veterans on Facebook and social networks.
Digital Government
Tips for feds on using YouTube, making videos
Roger Holzberg of Cancer.gov and Roy Daiany of YouTube on Google offered ideas to federal Web managers on how to use video on YouTube most effectively.
Digital Government
How feds can make the most of Twitter
Federal managers need to be curators of information, but with a personal touch, to be effective on Twitter, according to an executive of the social media service.
Modernization
Best government IT programs honored
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council honored the most innovative federal IT programs at its annual luncheon.
Digital Government
Good for gov: Twitter boosts its security
Twitter gives users an HTTPS option to make accounts secure even if the network you are using is not.
Modernization
DOD shutters access to video-streaming websites
Access to streaming video on websites, including YouTube, Amazon and Google video, has been blocked by DOD's Cyber Command.
People
5 steps to effective Gov 2.0 initiatives
Consultant Mark Madsen shows agencies how to turn social media into a powerful tool that can support larger organizational goals.
Modernization
Japan disaster provides opportunity for scammers
Technology has changed the way the world responds to natural disasters such as the Japan earthquake but it can also lead to big opportunities for scam artists.
People
Japan's earthquake shows strength of social networking in crisis
Social networks across the globe bonded to help with rescue efforts and information dissemination in Japan after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake.
Modernization
SSA applicants like new online claim form, IG says
Half of the applicants who used the Social Security Administration's online iClaim scored it as "excellent," according to a new report from SSA's inspector general.
Digital Government
D.C. goes public through social networks
The hub of governmental power earns the top spot of being connected through Facebook, Twitter and chat rooms.
Digital Government
Census director kick-starts efficiency blog
Census Bureau Director Robert Groves is putting a personal touch on the agency's second round of collecting ideas from employees for improving efficiency.
Digital Government
How to write a great government blog
How to write a great blog about the government -- a guide for federal bloggers and others.
Cybersecurity
6 government blogs worth visiting as often as you can
We point you to some of the best government blogs.
People
Blog fail! 3 blogs that just don't cut it.
Here are a handful of federal blogs that aren't winners, for one reason or another.
Modernization
State Department's mobile and Web apps go global
The State Department begins publicity on its new Apps@State program to develop mobile and Web applications around the world.
Digital Government
Social media and the quest for knowledge (and a good snow shovel)
FCW cartoonist John Klossner explores the wonders and byways of Quora, the latest social networking rage.
Digital Government
Majority leader's aide uses Quora for ideas on social media
The start-up website Quora is making inroads in government, with a recent question posted by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
People
How to grow young feds at your agency
Given all the pressures on the federal workforce, agencies will soon have to do more to keep younger employees on board.
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