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Rock Creek Roundup (December 11 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Dec 11, 2009

The White House gives agencies 45 days to begin transparency efforts, the SAVE Qward announces its four finalists, a team from MIT solves the DARPA Red Balloon Challenge in a mere nine hours, and Greg Finn shares 12 Social Media Resolutions, all in this week’s Rock Creek Roundup:

—Earlier this...

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Rock Creek Roundup (December 4 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Dec 04, 2009

Facebook visits the nation’s capital, Spacebook’s project manager shares secrets to social media success, NY reaches out to gamers with emergency messages, and a Harvard Business School prof shares his take on Web 2.0, all in this week’s Rock Creek Roundup:

- Want to learn more about developing...

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Rock Creek Roundup (November 20 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Nov 20, 2009

This week’s Rock Creek Roundup covers topics ranging from data accessibility and availability to “unfriending,” with an enlightening interview with Bev Godwin thrown in for good measure. Let’s take a look:

• When it comes to government transparency, the name of the game is data accessibility,...

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Rock Creek Roundup (November 13 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Nov 12, 2009

The State Department raises the transparency bar, HHS and the CDC team up with Google to make finding flu shots easier, observers discuss social media predictions for 2010, and technology partners announce the Great American Hackathon in the name of open government, all in this week’s version of...

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Rock Creek Roundup (November 6 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Nov 06, 2009

Digital communities get the thumbs up, DARPA hosts a high-stakes balloon launch, NASA takes a cross-channel approach, and open source aficionados gather at GOSCON, all in this week’s version of the Rock Creek Roundup:

• What do Corpus Christi, Norfolk, Santa Monica, and Flower Mound (Texas) Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Oct 30, 2009

The Army talks about social media lessons learned, the Navy commissions a social media report, the White House’s switch to an open-source CMS causes industry buzz, and GovLoop keeps growing, all in this week’s version of the Rock Creek Roundup:

• If you’re involved in social media for a...

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Rock Creek Roundup (October 23 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Oct 23, 2009

The USDA emphasizes keeping communication lines open, the EPA hosts a forum that’s Beyond Translation, FEMA launches a revamped Spanish-language website, and the White House announces GreenGov, all in this week’s version of the Rock Creek Roundup:

• “Take a serious look at what you can...

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Rock Creek Roundup (October 16 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Oct 16, 2009

Long government URLs get shortened, the road to Gov 2.0 hits a few speed bumps, 100 lucky Twitterers are going to NASA, and the IAB tells the FTC to dump their blogger rules ASAP in this week’s version of the Rock Creek Roundup:

• Long URLs are cumbersome to work with because they can break...

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Rock Creek Roundup (October 9 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Oct 08, 2009

Transparency and access to data are the themes of this week’s edition of the Rock Creek Roundup. From the new Federal Register 2.0 to the federal government’s first crowd-sourced website, it’s been a busy week. Let’s dive right in:

• On Monday the White House announced “Federal Register...

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Rock Creek Roundup (October 2 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Oct 02, 2009

This week’s roundup includes exciting news from GovLoop, two new agency website launches, and a promising Gov 2.0 offering from the City of San Francisco. Let’s get on to the news:

• Twitter and GovLoop were all abuzz this week with the announcement that GovDelivery and GovLoop will team up....

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