Comments on: Federal Blogging Poised to Take Off?

By: Jaz

Jaz — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:48:16 +0000

With blogging everyone will understand more about the government, love your post…

By: Social Governance Won’t Come Easy » The Buzz Bin

Social Governance Won’t Come Easy » The Buzz Bin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:36:08 +0000

[...] craze a meme. And in doing so, he tagged me. It’s been a while since we’ve updated our ongoing coverage of the federal government’s adoption of social media, and the current excitement does prompt a new post. Why? Because, 15 years of [...]

By: The Best of 2007 » The Buzz Bin

The Best of 2007 » The Buzz Bin — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:55:59 +0000

[...] Federal Blogging Poised to Take Off? (June 7) [...]

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:33:41 +0000

As Steve Field comments: there are lines that can’t be crossed by those from within, especially from within the DoD.

Specifically with regards to the DoD, it has nothing to do with an overly restrictive bureaucracy, but instead it bears upon safety of those in harms way. The beauty of so-called “Social Media” is the potential of the democratization of information through wide-spread & ready access. And this means even the “bad guys” see everything. When someone with the DoD produces blogs, podcasts, posts, etc. there is a risk of revelation. Even if the information seems absolutely harmless, it could be just the piece that someone is looking for to connect other apparently disparate pieces of information.

So it’s not always that the nature of the gov’t is conservative adoption of technology, but that conservative adoption is a must when there is the very real possibility that the alternative could be the difference between life & death.

By: Political Marketing: David Englin Does It Right « Write Ideas Marketing

Political Marketing: David Englin Does It Right « Write Ideas Marketing — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:56:22 +0000

[...] Geoff Livingston of the Buzz Bin wrote an interesting post about the use of new media in the political arena. I highly suggest taking a peek. [...]

By: The Buzz Bin » Blog Archive » FCW Insider Chris Dorobek on Federal Social Media

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:36:48 +0000

[...] In the past few days, we’ve been on the radio talking up federal social media, we’ve had B2G guru Mark Amtower discuss federal blogging trends, and we’ve even written a 1,000-mile view of the federal blogging market. We decided to have Chris Dorobek, executive editor of Federal Computer Week and author of the FCW Insider, have the last word on social media, and in particular, blogs in the federal market. For those of you who don’t know Federal Computer Week, it is by far the leading industry publication for the federal segment. Read this fascinating interview for Chris’s rich point of view as leader of FCW and as a blogger. [...]

By: The Buzz Bin » Blog Archive » The Godfather of B2G Marketing Speaks

The Buzz Bin » Blog Archive » The Godfather of B2G Marketing Speaks — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:49:57 +0000

[...] We watched one Godfather ride into the distance last night, and given the popularity of last week’s “state of federal blogging” post we decided to hail another Godfather. Mark Amtower literally wrote the book on Business-to-Government (B2G) marketing and has been dubbed by Entrepreneur magazine as the go-to B2G marketing guru. While getting ready for Mark’s radio show on Federal News Radio, I took the time to ask Mark what he thought about social media and the current state of B2G marketing. Here are his answers (also, check out his new blog: “Not that I have an opinion.”) [...]

By: Steve Field

Steve Field — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:03:22 +0000

Thanks for this great post, Geoff. I agree that things are really changing, but not always for the good.

When I started blogging (my first blog, not the current incarnation of the D-Ring), the military didn’t really know what a blog was of how much of an impact it could have. Today, they are much more aware and much more concerned with what employees are blogging about.

If I were still a Pentagon employee, I don’t know if I would be as comfortable being critical of the Pentagon as I am now. There is a fine line that you have to walk when you are blogging about an institution that you are a part of.

Cheers,
Steve

By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:57:56 +0000

Good to hear about these additional efforts. I wish the government was better about getting the word out.

By: lentigogirl

lentigogirl — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:21:53 +0000

As fab as Matt Raymond’s Library of Congress blog is, it certainly was not the first federal agency blog. For example, check out The National Endowment for the Arts blog for its Big Read program, http://www.nea.gov/bigreadblog/ The Smithsonian also has at least one excellent and gorgeous blog, http://eyelevel.si.edu/

So all you federal bloggers out there, take heart!