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Analysis: Agency social media monitoring about good government, not Big Brother
Richard Hartman, the chief operating officer of OhMyGov, Inc., said lawmakers and the public shouldn't be surprised that some agencies monitor social networks but that more aren't.
Tags: DHS , Gov 2.0 , twitter , In Depth , Francis Rose , technology
Van Dyck joins OMB to work on mobile, .gov reform efforts
Van Dyck comes to the E-Government and IT office to work as a policy analyst after working at the FCC and most recently USAID.
Tags: technology , people , OMB , FCC , USAID , Haley Van Dyck , Steven VanRoekel , Web 2.0 , .gov reform , mobile , Jason Miller
DHS defends social media monitoring program
DHS officials said they're only monitoring Twitter and Facebook to get situational awareness of the homeland security situation. Congress seems unconvinced. Privacy group wants lawmakers to take action to stop DHS.
Tags: Privacy Act , privacy , civil liberties , DHS , Congress , information sharing , Patrick Meehan , Jackie Speier , Electronic Privacy Information Center , Mary Ellen Callahan , Jared Serbu , Web 2.0
GSA offers social media course
Gadi Ben-Yehuda, the social media director for the IBM Center for the Business of Government, is leading a social media course for the General Services Administration. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to provide a preview of the course.
Tags: GSA , IBM Center for the Business of Government , Gadi Ben-Yehuda , In Depth , Francis Rose , twitter , Facebook
21st Century Statecraft add-on to traditional diplomacy
Social media has fundamentally changed the way people communicate — and that includes how the State Department communicates with foreign countries. Dubbed 21st Century Statecraft, the use of digital tools is a way for State to engage with other countries' government, listen to foreign citizens and promote national interests abroad.
Tags: Victoria Esser , State , technology , diplomacy , 21st century statecraft , Federal Drive , Jolie Lee
VA expands Facebook presence to every medical center
Every individual VA hospital now has its own page as part of the department's expanding social media presence. Brandon Friedman, VA's director of online communications, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the new, personalized social media initiative.
Tags: technology , Gov 2.0 , twitter , Facebook , In Depth , Francis Rose , VA , Veterans Affairs
Agencies, officials face increased social media scrutiny, known as 'sousveillance'
Lee Rainie, the director of the Pew Internet Project, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the growing trend of "sousveillance," a term created to describe, bottom-up surveillance.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology , Lee Rainie , Pew Internet and American Life Project
How will Twitter, social media play into new record-keeping policy?
How exactly does an agency store a tweet? And how do agencies know when the latest 140-character mini-message rises to the level of a permanently valuable historical record? A new Presidential memo tasks the National Archives and Records Administration with answer these social-media stumpers.
Tags: records management , NARA , Paul Wester , technolgoy , Jack Moore
Agencies have 120 days to start getting e-records in shape
In a new memo, President Barack Obama tasked agencies with reviewing their policies for storing and managing electronic communications, including emails and social media postings. Agencies must submit reviews of their current policies in 120 days. Meanwhile, the National Archives and Records Administration plans to develop a governmentwide framework.
Tags: NARA , David Ferriero , records management , Barack Obama , GAO , Catherine Teti , Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington , Anne Weismann , Emily Kopp , Jack Moore
Using social media at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Darren Ash, deputy executive director of corporate management at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will talk about how the agency is using youtube and other social media.
November 8, 2011
Tags: technology , Federal Tech Talk , John Gilroy , Darren Ash , NRC , YouTube , Japan earthquake , AFFIRM , information management , software development , GSA , FBI , DoD
