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Chris
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Chris
Sophos released an advisory on security risks with social networking this past week. ReadWriteWeb has a great article on the subject, and has this recommendation:
The real solution to the social networking security problem is to embrace sites instead of blocking them. Rather than being overly restrictive, companies would do better to make social networking policies a part of their corporate policy and procedure manuals, spelling out what is and is not acceptable within their organization. Left up to users, it’s clear that for some, it’s anything goes…and that’s a danger most companies cannot afford.
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followyourgov
New post: On Social Networking Security http://bit.ly/bVoRqR #gov20
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SharpBizComm
On Social Networking Security « FollowYourGov http://bit.ly/a8KKuk
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Chris
The State of North Carolina has issued a new policy on government social media policy, focusing on:
- appropriate implementation, authorization and acceptable use of social media
- Security measures to protect individuals, sensitive information and state systems
- Proper records management and preservation
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followyourgov
New post: North Carolina Social Media Policy http://bit.ly/82NSSo
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Chris
Another of the Governing magazine articles on social media in government: The Web 2.0 Paper Trail Problem. At issue in this article is complying with open records requests in social network communications.
Many people use open records compliance issues as a reason not to utilize social networks and social media. If you make the Facebook page for your city and your Twitter account public, where is the issue? A citizen can see everything that has occurred. It is, by definition, open. I think this is a moot issue.
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followyourgov
New post: Is There a Web 2.0 Open Records Problem? http://bit.ly/6d8YW1
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Chris
Another of the Governing magazine articles on social media in government: Tweeting for the Public Good, about the State of Utah’s authorization of employees’ use of social media. I enjoyed the entire article, but especially liked this point:
In too many instances, the first inclination of public-agency managers still is to restrict access to popular social-networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube for rank-and-file employees.
That is ironic when you consider some of the terrific uses that state and local governments have found for these tools.
The article mentions the Utah state web portal, which is here. They also have a list of state government Twitterers and blogs.
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followyourgov
New post: Social Media for Public Good http://bit.ly/4F4gZ3
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Chris
Governing magazine released a good set of article on social media in government yesterday. I’ll be posting links to all of them, but here is the first. Is Social Media a Friend or Foe of Government? This article had a good quote as well:
Nobody has control over what their Facebook friends do — that’s the fun and the flaw of Web 2.0 for governments. Then again, when citizens go to the microphone at a council meeting, nobody has control over them, either.
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followyourgov
New post: Social Media Friend or Foe of Government? http://bit.ly/4IArbS
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Chris
How the City of Santa Clarita Uses Social Media. And on the future of social media use in Santa Clarita:
In early 2010, the City will expand the business utility of social networking for our residents by adding a Twitter component to our CRM application, referred to in Santa Clarita as “eService.”
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followyourgov
New post: Survey Results on Gov Social Media http://bit.ly/6JevJf
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Chris
Author Shel Israel differentiates between social media in government and social media in politics, and points to some good examples. Good news: “And in tiny spoonfuls like those, social media is starting to make governments just a little bit better.”
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followyourgov
New post: Social Media in Government http://bit.ly/7QJuLi
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Chris
The Harvard Business Review has two great articles on using Twitter in business (very relevant to government): on getting your CEO to use Twitter and using current technology instead of looking for new trends in social media (like your website, intranet, blogs, Facebook, and Twitter).
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followyourgov
New post: Harvard Business Review on Twitter http://bit.ly/8cRKOw
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Chris
A city manager addresses the issues surrounding civic engagement and social media.
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followyourgov
New post: City Manager on Social Media http://bit.ly/7Z0vt
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Chris
InsideFacebook.com has a great piece on the “10 Ways Facebook Pages Can Help Local Governments Better Serve Their Constituents”. Read this article if you want to start a Facebook page for your government or if you already have a Facebook page for your government.
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followyourgov
New post: How Facebook Pages Can Help Better Serve http://bit.ly/2ZylkV
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Chris
Six social media trends for 2010, from Harvard Business Review.
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Chris
The Atlanta paper looks at the effects of social media/networks in local elections.
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Chris
City impostor on Facebook (and the need to be proactive in getting usernames for your community). Similarly, someone deals with a fake account on Twitter.
followyourgov 1:00 pm on February 4, 2010 Permalink
New post: Struggling with Social Media Strategy http://bit.ly/cfjaeb #gov20
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