The president’s election-year State of the Union messaging strategy this week has included increased use of social media channels in an attempt to reach audiences in a different way and extend the conversation beyond a single day news cycle.
Twitter launches @Gov to provide updates from its government and politics team
Twitter launches @Gov – a new account to track creative and effective uses of Twitter for civic engagement.
NASA highlighted in video touting major Twitter redesign
Twitter has launched a major redesign today, including upgrades to brand profile pages, and NASA astronaut Ron Garan is prominently featured in a new video touting the changes.
The gov 2.0 time machine: back to the big bang
Take a trip back in time and view an archive of 5,533 tweets about 2009′s Gov 2.0 Camp, one of the first “unconferences” held in Washington, D.C.
Google launches Google+ guide for politics and government
Hot on the heels of launching Google+ Pages, Google has released a “how-to” guide for G+ aimed at increasing use of the new social platform by those in politics and government. Facebook also has a guide for government and politicians, but Twitter is strangely absent in creating a similar online resource.
Bittersweet End: GovTwit directory turns three, but forced to shut down
GovTwit turns three, but is forced to shut down as its back-end software platform ceases service.
Is this the future of the Federal government workforce?
Here’s a great video that gets across why the Federal Government should look to new staffing models if it wants to remain competitive for candidates.
DC Fire Communications Director @wallscomm says “Social Media is for parties.” So Let’s Party!
LocalGovChat.com’s Mike Rupert shares why emergency management professionals should look at social media as a useful tool.
Government adoption of Twitter continues rapid growth; GovTwit.com hits 4,000 IDs
GovTwit reaches a milestone as it exceeds 4,000 government-related IDs tracked, tagged and shared.
First it was Weiner, now it’s Johnson – freshman congressman’s Twitter feed hacked
Congressman Bill Johnson’s office reports that his Twitter account was compromised.
