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Federal Agency Social Media Hubs

Monday, August 2nd, 2010 - 11:58
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John M. Kamensky
Monday, August 2, 2010 - 11:48
The one that caught my attention was the new Social Media Hub created by Defense to help provide internal-to-Defense education, policy, and the ability for groups in Defense to "register" their social media initiatives in a central location. 
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08/15/2010 - 23:59

For State Department: domestic outreach via social media is grouped together on the home page at state.gov. Additionally, international outreach at embassies is listed at the State Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/usdos#!/usdos?v=app_6009294086.

08/31/2010 - 09:23

The National Institutes of Health has a central point for our social media efforts: http://www.nih.gov/Subscriptions.htm

08/31/2010 - 09:25

The Department of State has an extensive Social Media Hub that is located on our intranet. In fact a majority of the content on the Defense.gov site comes from our site.

We provide How To guides called Social Media Field Guides, Best Practices from around State Department, a Forum section and a Resource and Research section.

We have recently added two new programs to the Social Media Hub - our Ask the Experts program and our Community Managers Group.

By far, our site is one of the most extensive sites for social media in the Federal, State and local governments. We are regularly asked to consult to other agencies on the development of our Social Media Hub and to share some of our content. In the future, we would like to find better ways of sharing the information we develop.

09/01/2010 - 10:13

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a comprehensive hub:
http://www.fws.gov/home/socialmedia

09/16/2010 - 21:17
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Crowdsourcing Government Reform

Thursday, July 15th, 2010 - 14:39
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John M. Kamensky
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 14:34
Shortly after President Obama took office, he reached out to the public for ideas on issues his new administration should address. He sponsored an “Open for Questions” forum and encouraged people to submit questions, and rank and vote on which should be top priorities. More than 100,000 questions were submitted, but participants didn’t always respond to the suggested topic areas, such as home ownership, health care reform, education, veterans, etc. Instead, they added their own and
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Creating a Problem-Solving Network (Part II)

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 - 20:30
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 20:08
There have been a series of studies providing lessons on how to effectively create a collaborative community. For example, having a catalyst (like Lucas) and have a convening place to share (like the OpenGovPlaybook wiki), are great starting points. Russ Linden, an author who is an astute observer of collaborative approaches, recently wrote about the importance of a collaborative mindset. And being passionate and motivated matter too, as this Dan Pink video playfully demonstrates:
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Creating a Problem-Solving Network (Part I)

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 - 11:40
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The Obama Administration says it wants to create “problem solving networks” across the government. Well, yesterday a group of like-minded people from across the government convened to discuss creating just such a network around the implementation of agencies’ Open Government Plans.   While there is a formal cross-agency Open Government Working Group, many people at the staff level seem to feel excluded and see a need to develop their own network.&n
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GSA's FedSpace Collaboration Platform

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 - 13:18
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 13:08
The President’s budget for fiscal year 2011 promises two interesting steps toward cross-government collaboration.
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Scorecarding Agency Open Gov Plans

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 - 21:14
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The Obama Administration announced today a scorecard of the quality of the plans submitted earlier this month by 29 major agencies.  Using a checklist of 30 criteria, the scorecards show all agencies rating either a “yellow” or a “green” on their scorecards.
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Open Gov Plans Released, And . . .

Friday, April 9th, 2010 - 5:17
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John M. Kamensky
. . . Both the White House and the Open Government advocacy groups plan to assess them.   No good deed goes unnoticed!
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The OMB Prize Memo

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 - 23:29
OMB deputy director for management ,Jeff Zients, released a 12-page memo, “Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government.”
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Topic 4: Technology, Transparency, and Participatory Democracy

Friday, February 26th, 2010 - 17:36
President Obama issued a memorandum on Transparency and Open Government following his inauguration in early 2009.  The memo outlined his commitment to greater transparency, increased citizen participation, and more collaboration.  This commitment acknowledges that government cannot solve by itself the challenges facing our nation.
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Redefining the Role of Citizen in a Gov 2.0 World

Friday, February 5th, 2010 - 0:15
What does it mean to be a citizen in a Gov 2.0 world?  President Obama’s FY 2011 budget is being dissected for its shift in the size and scope of government.  But several initiatives in the budget, and things happening at the state and local levels, point to subtle -- but significant --shifts in the role of citizens in their government.
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Norman M. Macdonald

Right On!
From here in Cottonwood, AZ I see and hear about getting information from the Feds in various ways. The Forest Service is running articles in local papers about planning meetings -- the VA has an outpatient clinic. I see reinventing labs from the Gore days thriving and morphing to fit various changes. As a former member of The National Performance Review and an old Washington working hand I'd say the time is right for Citizen 2.0.

02/05/2010 - 04:56
John Kamensky

Hi Norm! I think the role of citizens is going to be a lot more than attending planning meetings! Voting, participating in political campaigns, and attending public hearings in hopes of influencing policy decisions will continue, but the newer roles will be far more engaging. Most of these changes will probably begin at the local, rather than the federal, levels -- which is closer to where citizens interact with government

This will include reporting on problems they see (like potholes), allowing citizens access to data so it can be "mashed up" to provide new insight or services (like personalized iPhone maps), providing ideas and innovations (via contests), and helping deliver public services, possibly through non-profits (in person or on-line).

The question is, will citizens participate? Do they really want a new role, or do they want to continue in the role of "customer" where they put a nickel (taxes) into the "vending machine" and out pops a service?

02/05/2010 - 16:09
Norman M. Macdonald

Why not just call the whole effort Citizen 2.0.

02/08/2010 - 01:35
John Kamensky

Well, the term "Citizen 2.0" has already been coined, and it is being used largely to describe engaging people in the political process more actively.
See, for example:
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/ayc/pdf/aa_insights_cit2.pdf

I'm hoping to expand the notion that citizens do more than vote, attend public hearings, and pay taxes. They can be far more engaged, especially electronically. The challenge is getting people to see that they have expanded opportunities to engage, and for busy people to see benefit in their contributing their time and effort.

02/08/2010 - 02:05
Norman M. Macdonald

It could be called "The Last Line " after the last line of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
"government,of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth"

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02/20/2010 - 02:34
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