Gov 2.0

OCTA official has online entourage

August 12, 2010

With 27,000 Twitter followers, Ted Nguyen is the face of the Orange County Transportation Authority (CA). As public communications manager, Nguyen shares information about the agency and, sometimes, himself.

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MTA introduces capital program dashboard

August 11, 2010

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) unveiled an online dashboard that allows users to track the status of capital programs.

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Project ACTION hosts online conversation about paratransit

July 27, 2010

To mark the twentieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Easter Seals Project ACTION is hosting an online dialogue about the status of paratransit services.

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GAO issues report on social media challenges

July 25, 2010

The Government Accountability Office issued a report that summarized current use of Web 2.0 technologies by federal agencies and identified key challenges. As of July 2010, GAO determined, 22 of 24 major federal agencies had a presence on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Concerns fell into two broad categories: Privacy and security Records management and Freedom [...]

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Kittens help professor develop crowdsourcing application

July 20, 2010

Princeton University professor Matthew Salganik developed All Our Ideas, a free open-source crowdsourcing platform that lets groups collect and prioritize ideas.

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A virtual second life for Edmonton

July 14, 2010

Edmonton (AB) is going virtual. The city is replicating itself — geography, terrain, and major landmarks — on the Second Life platform.

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A new look at the digital divide

July 8, 2010

According to a new report from Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Center. African-Americans and Hispanics are more likely to own cellphones than whites and more likely to use their phones for a greater range of activities.

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UK could shut down hundreds of government websites

June 25, 2010

UK cabinet office minister Francis Maude announced plans to review more than 800 government-funded websites and to scrap up to 75% of them.

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Federal data site will allow mashups

June 23, 2010

Data.gov, the clearinghouse for government data, will soon allow users to create mashups of maps and statistics.

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Florida employee posts social media guidelines

June 11, 2010

Tired of answering basic questions about social media, a Florida state employee developed a toolkit for her state colleagues.

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