Technology
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Simple Description |
Example Uses
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Applicability to Open Government |
| Blogs |
Journal or diary with social collaboration (comments |
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Govt info to new audiences. Puts human face on govt using informal tone. Opens public conversations. Surface issues & solve them. |
| Wikis |
Collaborative authoring & editing |
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Workgroup or public collaboration for project management, knowledge sharing, public input. Contributions to 3rd party sites e.g. Wikipedia |
| Video Sharing (and Multimedia) |
Videos, images, & audio libraries (YouTube, AOLVideo, YahooVideo, tubemogul, heyspread…) |
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Public outreach, education, training, other communication for “connected” and on-line audiences. How To videos & audios to improve service and achieve mission. |
| Photo-Sharing |
Photo libraries |
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Cost savings potential. New audiences. Awareness. |
| Podcasting |
Multimedia content syndicated out for use on iPod TM, Mp3 players & computers |
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More ways to get message out. Build trust with conversational voice. Use for updates, live govt deliberations, emergencies, how-to messages |
| Virtual Worlds |
Simulations of environments & people
(Webkinz, Club Penguin, Neopets, Stardoll, Whyville, Second Life, Active Worlds, Kaneva, ProtoSphere, Entropia Universe, uWorld) |
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Public outreach & other communication for kids and niche Internet audiences. Virtual Town Halls, Education, Training. Ability to bring people together worldwide for meetings, lectures, etc. |
| Social Networking Sites |
Connecting people globally |
- EPA Facebook group
- NASA Colab
- USAgov Facebook page
- USAgov MySpace page
- USAgov on Linkedin
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Intranet use to cross internal stovepipes. Cross government coordination. Public communities. Viral impact. Knowledge mgmt. Recruitment. Event announcements. |
| Syndicated Web Feeds |
Automated notifications of frequently updated content
(think RSS) |
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Do more with RSS, XML/Web feeds. Expand reach. Pull content together across government. Authoritative source. Reduce duplication. |
| Mashups |
Combine content from multiple sources for an integrated experience |
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Lots of potential. Improved govt reach, service, usefulness, and functionality. Integrate external data. Get licenses, stay vendor neutral. Make content available to others who create mashups |
| Widgets, Gadgets, Pipes |
Small applications & code in Web pages or for desktop use |
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Increase awareness, use, and usefulness of .gov sites, information, and service. Bring content to the user’s home page (iGoogle, netvibes, etc) |
| Social Bookmark &News (Sharing, Tagging) Sites |
Ways of sharing content with others |
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Increase the popularity and use of .gov pages, information, and services. Viral marketing. |
Micro-blogging.
Presence Networks. |
Form of blogging which allows brief (Instant Message size) text updates. |
- Twitter
- Jaiku
- Cromple
- Pownce
- NASA Edge
- USA.gov
- GovGab
- Univ of Mich
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Seek input. Broadcast msgs: emergencies, news, announcemts. Real time reportg.Recruitg. |
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