News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a proposed settlement that it announced in June 2010 with social networking site Twitter, which resolved charges that Twitter deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information. The FTC alleged that serious lapses in the companys data security allowed hackers… Continue Reading
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EFF: Court Rules Against Privacy in Battle Over Twitter Records
ACLU And EFF Plan To Appeal Ruling In Case Challenging Government Attempt To Obtain Private Data in WikiLeaks Investigation “A federal magistrate judge in Virginia ruled today that the government can collect the private records of three Twitter users as part of its investigation related to WikiLeaks, and that those users and the public can… Continue Reading
How Federal Agencies Can Effectively Manage Records Created Using New Social Media Tools
How Federal Agencies Can Effectively Manage Records Created Using New Social Media Tools, Patricia C. Franks, Associate Professor, School of Library & Information Science, San Jose State University “Dr. Franks report addresses the challenges of federal recordkeeping in the social media age. She describes the struggle of agency records managers to keep up with the… Continue Reading
CRS: The Obama Administrations Open Government Initiative: Issues for Congress
The Obama Administrations Open Government Initiative: Issues for Congress, Wendy R. Ginsberg – Analyst in Government Organization and Management, January 28, 2011 “The 112th Congress may oversee the Administrations open government efforts and has the authority to codify any parts of the initiative. This report reviews and discusses the centerpieces of President Obamas transparency initiatives,… Continue Reading
Roll Call – Social Media Goes Viral on Capitol Hill
“The role of social media in Congressional leaders messaging and outreach has exploded over the past few years, whether it be through tweets about floor schedule updates or on Facebook. But within that trend is a clear and nonpartisan divide between the savvy and those still in the dark. House Democratic and Republican… Continue Reading
Report – An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to Increased Public Engagement
An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to Increased Public Engagement, IBM Center for the Business of Government, January 2011 “This report presents an Open Government Implementation Model (OGIM) for guiding government agencies towards open government. Our model defines four implementation stages and describes the focuses, deliverables, benefits, challenges, best practices, and metrics for each stage.… Continue Reading
22% of online Americans used social networking or Twitter for politics in 2010 campaign
PewInternet: 22% of online Americans used social networking or Twitter for politics in 2010 campaign, by Aaron Smith, January 27, 2011: “After first gaining prominence as tools for political engagement during the 2008 presidential election, social media became a regular part of the political environment for voters in the 2010 midyear elections. Some 22% of… Continue Reading
White House Launches New State of the Union page
“On Tuesday, January 25, at 9 p.m. EST, President Obama will deliver the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol. We have been working on a number of ways citizens can get involved in the State of the Union and ask their questions of President Obama and senior Administration officials. You can find… Continue Reading
Pew Report: The Social Side of the Internet
The Social Side of the Internet – Technology use has become deeply embedded in group life and is affecting the way civic and social groups behave and the way they impact their communities, by Lee Rainie, Kristen Purcell, Aaron Smith, Jan 18, 2011 “The internet is now deeply embedded in group and organizational life in… Continue Reading
DOJ Subpoena's Twitter for WikiLeaks Customer Documents
Follow up to previous postings on WikiLeaks, Salon posted a copy of the December 14, 2010 subpoena to Twitter Inc. from DOJ, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Virginia, for information relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation. Salon: Court probes WikiLeaks Twitter info Continue Reading
SBA Unveils New Web Site and Launches SBA Direct – A New Tool Delivering Personalized and Targeted Resources
News release: “As part of the U.S. Small Business Administrations mission to ensure that small business owners and entrepreneurs have access to accurate, timely and helpful information, SBA Administrator Karen Mills unveiled a newly re-designed SBA website. The new site also features the launch of SBA Direct, a dynamic new web tool with a variety… Continue Reading
Blog Tracks News Updates on WikiLeaks
Follow up to previous postings on WikiLeaks, see The WikiLeaks News & Views Blog by Greg Mitchell via The Nation. This blog is coded as a daily entry, so readers link to each updated posting either via Greg’s Twitter feed, or by selecting the specific date of his posting (for example, this is Day 32).… Continue Reading
