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by Alex Howard | @digiphile | Originally posted on O’Reilly Radar; May 12, 2010
Would you “like” a government agency on Facebook? Would you “like” a service delivered by a .gov website? How would you feel if a government official “liked” you back? How would you like to be 
identified online?
There are no easy answers to these questions, as anyone who attended the FTC privacy workshops or recent “privacy camps” in the District of Columbia or San Francisco knows. Craig Newmark, the founder of craigslist.org, attended the privacy camp in San Francisco and shared a few thoughts about issues of trust, identity, social networking and government.
Online privacy is now even more top-of-mind for tens of millions of users, as Facebook’s social plug-ins roll out across the Internet, along with its instant personalization pilot. Thirty-three government agencies are on Facebook, with more than 400 pages between them. Those government agencies may not have added “like” buttons yet — but they’re interacting with citizens on Facebook, Citizen Tube, Google Moderator, Twitter and beyond.
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Jaimey Walking Bear is on the Marketing team for Gov 2.0 Expo. He can be reached @gov2events or @jaimeywb
Cross posted from Mashable; Original post by Alexander Howard, May 10, 2010
Alexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O’Reilly Media, where he reports on how technology, open government and online civics. He’ll be reporting live from the upcoming Gov2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C., on May 25-27.
What is government 2.0? Tim O’Reilly describes it as government working as a platform. Others might describe it as applying the technologies that make up Web 2.0 to the practice of government, including blogs, wikis, social networking and crowdsourcing. The simplest way of describing government 2.0 may be any technology that helps citizens or agencies solve problems, either for individuals or the community, and enables government to operate more efficiently or effectively.
Read the entire article at mashable.com
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Jaimey Walking Bear is on the Marketing team for Gov 2.0 Expo. He can be reached @gov2events or @jaimeywb
May 6th, 2010 |
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How do our youth fit into the government’s citizen engagment plans?
Researcher danah boyd has a message for government: You’re doing it wrong
Cross posted from O’Reilly Radar • Original post by Alex Howard | @digiphile
Young people don’t want to be the government’s friend on Facebook. They aren’t likely to welcome an official dropping into an online conversation uninvited. And if you want to communicate with them where they live, you need to be on mobile. These are just a few of the insights danah boyd shared with me this week.
For years, boyd has been at the forefront of the conversation about privacy and publicity in the digital age. Her groundbreaking digital ethnography research on class in social networking made its way into public discourse. Her subsequent dissertation, in which she investigated how American teenagers socialize in networked publics like MySpace, Facebook, LiveJournal, Xanga and YouTube, has informed academics, industry and parents alike about what it means to be young on today’s Internet.
Read the full interview on O’Reilly Radar
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Jaimey Walking Bear is on the Marketing team for Gov 2.0 Expo. He can be reached @gov2events or @jaimeywb
Hello and thanks for reading this first post of our new Gov 2.0 Events blog. In the coming weeks, you’ll be able to find insights from our program chairs, event team, and the Gov 2.0 community right here.
We recently opened registration for Gov 2.0 Expo, happening May 25-27, 2010 at the Convention Center in downtown Washington, D.C.
You can save 20% on registration today if you use code BLOG
Gov 2.0 Expo will give government employees and contractors access to the practical tools, in-depth training, and industry contacts critical to answering the new mandate for transparency, efficiency, and cost containment.
The program is already looking fantastic and includes these featured speakers:
- Marie Davie (General Services Administration)
- Tim Berners-Lee (World Wide Web Consortium)
- Sonal Shah (U.S. Office of Social Innovation and Public Participation)
- Alec Ross (U.S. State Department
- Linda Cureton (NASA)
- Price Floyd (Department of Defense)
- Bill Eggers (Deloitte)
- Anil Dash (Expert Labs)
- Jay Parkinson (The Future Well)
Topics and themes at Gov 2.0 Expo we’ll be delving into include:
- Cloud Computing
- Open Data
- Cybersecurity
- Data Management
- Collaboration Systems
- IT Services & Interoperability
Be sure to check out the full, current list of featured speakers, sessions, and workshops.
Cheers!
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Jaimey Walking Bear is on the Marketing team for Gov 2.0 Expo. He can be reached @gov2events or @jaimeywb
