Digital Government
Social networking for democracy (and earthquake relief)
Sen. Richard Lugar says the Obama administration and U.S. diplomats should be "nimble, flexible and innovative" in the ways they use social media.
Digital Government
Agencies harness social media for Haiti relief efforts
Social media, satellite communications spring into action to help earthquake-devastated nation.
People
Army iPhone app downloaded 20,000 times
An iPhone application developed by the Army to deliver news has been downloaded more than 20,000 times since its introduction in December.
People
Got USPS mail? There's an app for that!
A free iPhone app from the Postal Services helps users find post offices and track mail via mobile phones.
People
NRC looks for public input on open government
Even though independent agencies are exempt from the Open Government Directive, NRC plans to comply with the White House order, according to a Federal Register notice.
People
Government 2.0, meet Citizen 2.0
The future of Government 2.0 might come not from federal agencies' use of social media but from grass-roots initiatives to bring government information into the sunlight.
Digital Government
GSA hires collaboration specialist from NAPA
Munz says he's been interested in innovations on collaboration and social media between the public and private sectors.
People
Social media provides new ways for agencies to listen
Organizations should use social media to broadcast messages and to listen to what the public has to say, an expert says at Consumer Electronics Show.
People
White House directive offers little guidance on what makes for open government
The Open Government Directive requires federal agencies to make more information available online to the general public. But with fast deadlines and little in the way of concrete guidance, transparency remains in the eye of the beholder.
Modernization
Google Wave could crush the competition
Google Wave has the potential to be a uniquely valuable piece of software that can connect any enterprise that uses Web browsers, writes Chris Bronk.
Digital Government
Security issues to fear in the New Year
An increasingly complex and networked world poses new threats; cloud computing, social networking and mobile platforms claim the attention of security prognosticators for 2010.
Modernization
White House seeks input on how to share government research
White House officials launched the final phase of a public forum designed to determine how to make data from federally funded research projects available to the public.
Digital Government
The ’00 7: The decade’s most important tech advances
We select seven technologies that changed the game during the unofficial decade of 2000-2009.
People
VA clerk's bright idea leads to White House visit
A Veterans Affairs clerk has met with President Barack Obama in recognition of her idea on how to reduce waste.
People
White House seeks input on federal research info sharing program
White House officials launched a public forum to determine what data formats should be used to make federally funded research projects available to the public.
Digital Government
Tremors generate tweets in new USGS earthquake program
The Twitter Earthquake Detector (TED) program is an exploratory effort intended to gather real-time earthquake-related messages, by having people who actually feel a tremor or observe its effects to tweet their observations.
People
GSA looks for input on improving USA.gov
GSA launched a new online forum in an effort to gather ideas from the public on how to improve USA.gov.
Cybersecurity
Hackers with political agenda bring down Twitter
Twitter says attack on site's Domain Name System redirected users to a cryptic anti-American message from the "Iranian Cyber Army."
Modernization
State.gov gets a makeover
The State Department today unveiled a redesign of its official Web site that the department hopes to use to engage people in an ongoing dialogue on foreign policy.
Digital Government
White House wants help on open government dashboard
White House officials want advice on what metrics should be included in a dashboard to measure the success—or failure—of open government programs.
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