Steve Lunceford

Win a pass to the Gov 2.0 Summit

August 31st, 2010
Posted in: Contest, Facebook, Federal Government, Gov 2.0, Open Government, Twitter

Win one of two passes to the Gov 2.0 Summit taking place in Washington, D.C. Sept. 7-8, 2010.

50+ government Twitter and social media directories

August 25th, 2010
Posted in: Directory, Facebook, Federal Government, Gov 2.0, Local Government, State Government, Twitter

GovTwit may be the best, but there’s many more directories and links to government and politicians who are using social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and more. This post highlights links to over 50 government social media directories and lists.

Vote: Which license plate?

August 18th, 2010
Posted in: State Government

Silly little poll for a summer Tuesday afternoon. Which vanity license plate should I choose?

Another Twitter first: Pelosi tweet reconvenes the U.S. House of Representatives

August 5th, 2010
Posted in: Federal Government, Gov 2.0, Twitter

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi broke the news through a Tweet yesterday that she would reconvene the House next week from recess for a special vote – another first for Twitter in Government and a reminder of how much power can be carried in just 140 characters.

GovTwit Statistics: Top Federal Twitter IDs

July 19th, 2010
Posted in: Directory, Federal Government, Gov 2.0, Open Government, Twitter

Digging around through some GovTwit statistics and found the Top 10 Federal Twitter IDs.

A win for gov 2.0 as Twitter hires State Department staffer Katie Jacobs Stanton

July 9th, 2010
Posted in: Federal Government, Gov 2.0, Open Government, Twitter

Today brings a surprise announcement from the State Department’s Katie Jacobs Stanton that she’s leaving D.C. and returning to California to work for Twitter.

Twitter nears the gov 2.0 tipping point

July 8th, 2010
Posted in: Federal Government, Gov 2.0, State Government, Twitter

FederalComputerWeek was gracious enough to invite me to write a bit about Twitter and government for their July 9th issue. This post includes the first half of the column and link to the full story over at FederalComputerWeek.

35 Gov 2.0 heroes to follow on Twitter

June 15th, 2010
Posted in: Federal Government, Gov 2.0, Local Government, Open Government, Twitter

While there are nearly 3,000 gov 2.0 heroes in the government employees, agencies, contractors, politicos and academics that make up the GovTwit directory itself, here are 35 Top GovTwits you should be following.

Interview provides new details on search for Twitter’s government liaison

June 10th, 2010
Posted in: Federal Government, Gov 2.0, Open Government, Twitter

The first interview with Twitter, Inc. about their search for a Washington, D.C.-based “government liaison.”

George Bush joins Twitter (Facebook too) UPDATE: or not

June 2nd, 2010
Posted in: Directory, Federal Government, Twitter

While there’s been an @GeorgeWBush for a while now in Twitter as a protected, unverified account, today it appears the former President’s official Twitter ID has been turned on @George_WBush (he’s set up a Facebook page as well).

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