Modernization

Dispatches from the federal blogosphere: Apple's iPad, broadband and blogging advice

A NASA blogger on blogging; broadband's national hookup; and the USPS IG ponders the implications of the iPad.

  • By FCW Staff
People

Navy plans social network for off-duty hours

The Navy plans to develop an internal social network that will track what service members want to do during their off-duty hours.

  • By Doug Beizer
Cybersecurity

FEMA seeks social media contractor

Federal Emergency Management Agency issues a contract request for a media services company that can deliver information from disaster areas via social media and local media news outlets.

  • By Doug Beizer
Modernization

Government re-opens while feds talk telework in aftermath of blizzard

Now that severe weather in the nation's capital and elsewhere have provided ample opportunities for testing continuity-of-operations plans, federal employees have some thoughts.

  • By Michael Hardy
Cybersecurity

DHS debuts open government suggestion box

The Homeland Security Department has debuted an online tool for public comment on how it can be more transparent to meet open government requirements.

  • By Ben Bain
Digital Government

There's no panic like snow panic

Trudy Walsh blogs about Washington's penchant for panicking at the sight of snow—but concedes that the panic may be appropriate for the blizzard of 2010.

  • By Trudy Walsh
Modernization

Feds brace for another storm

Another massive snowstorm threatens the Washington metropolitan area, overwhelms OPM's Web site, closes the federal government and sparks telework complaints.

  • By Amber Corrin and Michael Hardy
People

Overheard on Twitter

Traffic and shopping aren't the only things that have ground to a standstill during Washington's blizzard of 2010. Add the federal Office of Personnel Management Web site to the list.

  • By Susan Miller
People

Crowdsourcing for social service

A social services-oriented program sponsored by Pepsi makes blogger Steve Kelman wonder about the potential role of crowdsourcing in government.

  • By Steve Kelman
Digital Government

Agencies on track to meet open gov deadline

Most agencies will meet the Feb. 6 deadline for creating an open government Web page and securing technology for engaging with the public as required by President Barack Obama's Open Government Directive, according to the General Services Administration.

  • By Doug Beizer
People

GSA looks to crowdsourcing to fix e-gov travel services

The agency will offer a prize worth up to $25,000 for proposing a better approach to its troubled e-gov program.

  • By John Stein Monroe
Digital Government

Government has gone Tweeting mad!

Remember those cute shots last year of some members of Congress madly tweeting on their smart phones during President Obama’s first address to them? That was so yesterday.

  • By Brian Robinson
Digital Government

The benefits of speaking with one voice

An agencywide approach to citizen engagement services can yield many benefits.

  • By Alan Joch
Digital Government

Getting help with online communications

Agencies can tap many resources to learn how to improve service. Here are a couple of them.

  • By Alan Joch
People

3 must-do's for agencies to improve citizen engagement

The proliferation of government Web sites and other means of contact does not always result in better service for people, so agencies need to try new approaches.

  • By Alan Joch
Cybersecurity

Recommended Reading: Plain-language awards, the dangers of tiny URLs, and wooing online readers

The Center for Plain Language is seeking award nominations; small URLs can hide big problems; how to send readers to your blog or wiki.

  • By FCW Staff
Digital Government

Katie Stanton brings Silicon Valley know-how to Foggy Bottom

Having served in senior positions at Google and Yahoo, Katie Stanton’s résumé doesn't resemble one of a typical State Department insider. And that is exactly why she is the department's new director of citizen participation and special adviser on innovation.

  • By Ben Bain
People

The 2.0 presidency: Obama to stage YouTube-based exchange

Experts say the president's Feb. 3 venture helps validate the role in social media in governance.

  • By Matthew Weigelt
People

NASA plans live video feed from space

NASA plans to stream live video from the International Space Station and broadcast it on the Internet beginning Feb. 1.

  • By Doug Beizer
Digital Government

Navy CIO Robert Carey talks Web 2.0

The Navy needs Web 2.0 technologies to communicate and collaborate with those outside of the military, says Navy CIO Robert Carey.

  • By Doug Beizer
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