Governing has another great article on web 2.0 in government, about the pursuit of “the next big thing”. They interview the web team of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) on working with FourSquare (a location-based social network)
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followyourgov
New post: Struggling with Social Media Strategy http://bit.ly/cfjaeb #gov20
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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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On Social Networking Security « FollowYourGov http://bit.ly/a8KKuk
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Following last week’s admission that the hacker attack on Google was through an Internet Explorer vulnerability (in IE6, IE7, and IE8), tomorrow Microsoft will issue an out-of-band update for systems. This is after the governments of both Germany and France told citizens to stop using the Internet Explorer web browser.
Mashable has an article on why must end use of Internet Explorer 6, a common vector for attacks.
Do you think it is time to stop using Internet Explorer in government?
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followyourgov
New post: Update to Internet Explorer Tomorrow http://bit.ly/5VBjDU
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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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followyourgov
New post: Protect Name and Brand in Social Media http://bit.ly/5QqDuO
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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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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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How to train employees on social media usage, from Mashable.
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followyourgov
New post: Training Employees on Social Media http://bit.ly/5wTSKC
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followyourgov
New post: Why You Shouldn’t Game Social Media http://bit.ly/5zXRzy
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More on the challenges for open government, from InformationWeek.
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RT @cityofdelano: The City Council approved a Social Media Policy last night http://www.delano.mn.us/Social_Media_Policy/doc20091216100236.pdf #delano #social media
I found this interesting:
Please not [sic] that comments expressed on the City’s social networking sites do not reflect the opinions of the City of Delano, its employees, or elected officials.
As a side note, I thought I would post this in retweet format because I found out about this through Twitter.
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followyourgov
New post: City’s Social Media Policy http://bit.ly/5naMmA
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OhMyGov! has a great article on rules for being a good government Twitterer (more on Twitter usage here).
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A Harvard Business Review article on the business benefits of a better connected organization and the the questions to answer when deploying social media tools.
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followyourgov
New post: Benefits of a Better Connected Organization http://bit.ly/2dHegE
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Very applicable article on overcoming the obstacles to using social media tools in business.
followyourgov 5:24 am on February 5, 2010 Permalink
New post: BART Using FourSquare for Social Networking http://bit.ly/bjH4Di #gov20 #bart
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GEOpdx 5:25 am on February 5, 2010 Permalink
RT @followyourgov: New post: BART Using FourSquare for Social Networking http://bit.ly/bjH4Di #gov20 #bart
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