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Rock Creek Roundup (August 20 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Aug 20, 2010

NASA employees get the green light in iPhones, the Department of the Treasury launches a new kid-friendly website, one NY city government finds an innovative (and, to some, privacy-invading) use for Google Earth, and federal employees embrace geo-social service Foursquare, all in this week’s...

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Rock Creek Roundup (August 13 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Aug 12, 2010

A Facebook widget gets the FDA’s attention—in a bad way, a Red Cross survey highlights social media’s growing role in emergency situations, GovFresh offers a slew of interesting interviews, and state IT initiatives from across the nation get noticed, all in this week’s version of the Rock Creek...

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Rock Creek Roundup (July 16 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Jul 16, 2010

The First Lady hosts her first web chat, the Administration launches RestoretheGulf.gov, and Kate leaves State, all in this week’s edition of the Rock Creek Roundup.

—First Lady Michelle Obama hosted her first live web chat on Tuesday as part of the launch of a newly redesigned Let’s Move...

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Rock Creek Roundup (July 9 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Jul 09, 2010

The White House requests public input on nanotechnology and federal employee input on saving money, LinkedIn is named the most popular social network, and San Ramon Valley introduces a unique iPhone app, all in this week’s edition of the Rock Creek Roundup.

—Earlier this week, the White House...

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Improving Government Services is About to Get Simpl

Posted by: Scott Johnson, Co-Founder and Principal Jul 02, 2010

Are you an innovative thinker with an idea to improve the services that government provides? Or maybe you’re a government new media pro with thoughts on how the public sector can save money, get citizens more involved, or make the most of new technology? Either way, you can look forward to a new...

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Rock Creek Roundup (June 25 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Jun 25, 2010

A new OMB website helps fight federal waste and fraud, California considers an innovative digital approach to increasing revenue, a Florida community gives citizens easy access to crime information, and the Department of Health and Human Services gets a new health insurance-focused website ready...

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Rock Creek Roundup (April 30 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Apr 28, 2010

FEMA hits a home run with a mobile website, Pew says public use of government websites is holding strong, government websites get good grades for satisfying visitors, and the 2010 Government Web and New Media conference is virtually buzzing with interesting info, all in this week’s edition of the...

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Rock Creek Roundup (March 26 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Mar 26, 2010

Federal agencies aren’t “ready to let loose,” the VA plans on adding social media services, the GSA helps agencies weed out bad vendors, and the catchy tune coming out of the cubicle beside you may not be what you think, all in this week’s version of the Rock Creek Roundup.

—“They aren’t...

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Gov 2.0 Camp LA: Moving Gov 2.0 Forward

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Feb 09, 2010

It’s the little things that will move Gov 2.0 forward. Little things like pills, or more accurately, Pillbox. Pillbox, an online tool developed by David Hale at the National Library of Medicine, allows anyone to identify pills by their appearance.

Why is this a big deal? For many reasons. It’s a...

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App Contest How-to Guide, Plus a New Contest from USDA

Posted by: Natalya Minkovsky, Director of Strategy Jan 25, 2010

A few months ago, I shared my excitement about DC’s Apps for Democracy contest, which yielded almost 50 apps in 30 days using the District’s open data. Well, if your government agency or organization wants to repeat the success of Apps for Democracy, you now have a handy step-by-step guide,...

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