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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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Rock Creek Roundup (September 25 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Sep 25, 2009

From protecting privacy to protecting consumers from dangerous products, this week’s Rock Creek Roundup covers the latest news and information in the world of Government 2.0. Here’s the scoop:

• Privacy and participation are the two sides of the Gov 2.0 coin. As the White House breaks new...

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Rock Creek Roundup (September 18 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Sep 18, 2009

This week’s Rock Creek Roundup features news about the new Code for America project, highlights the top 10 government agencies on Facebook, shares an exciting announcement from Google, and covers the latest online HR initiatives happening at the Department of Homeland Security. Let’s take a look:...

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Rock Creek Roundup (September 11 Edition)

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

This week’s Rock Creek Roundup features news from the Gov 2.0 Summit and more. From a new Army-hosted competition, to discussions led by Aneesh Chopra and Macon Phillips, to the launch of a new government page on Facebook, the Gov 2.0 world has had a busy week:

• At this week’s Gov 2.0...

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DC Government 2.0

Posted by: Natalya Minkovsky, Senior Strategist Sep 08, 2009

As federal government transparency initiatives are hitting full stride, it’s exciting to see a local government agency dive into Gov 2.0 as well. The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Technology Officer announced today the launch of the DC App Store to showcase all of the open source...

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Rock Creek Roundup (August 28 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Aug 27, 2009

In this week’s Rock Creek Roundup, we’ll cover contact envy and why quality trumps quantity when it comes to social network collaboration, as well as news that the IRS is using iTunes to enlighten taxpayers:

• It’s only human to feel a little twinge of jealousy when you notice your coworker...

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Rock Creek Roundup (August 21 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Aug 21, 2009

In this week’s Rock Creek Roundup, we’ll talk about CIOs, Government 2.0, and a group of utilities that will make your social networking life even easier:

• Today’s government CIO will have to be comfortable with both security and innovation. CIOs understand the need for security, as...

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Rock Creek Roundup (August 14 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Aug 14, 2009

The Department of Defense solicits feedback on Web 2.0 capabilities by military families, while the Obama administration uses social media to combat health care reform rumors in this week’s edition of the Rock Creek Roundup:

• As we noted last week, DoD is working out its social media policy...

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New Coalition Urges Government to Consider Open Source

Posted by: Scott Johnson, Co-Founder and Principal Aug 11, 2009

As the government continues to look for ways to cut spending, open source software advocates are organizing themselves in an effort to encourage Federal government agencies to consider open source software for their needs. The recently-created Open Source for America coalition hopes to raise the...

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Rock Creek Roundup (July 31 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Jul 31, 2009

From rubbing elbows with government IT execs to simplifying our social media lives, this edition of the Rock Creek Roundup highlights some of the week’s most interesting Gov 2.0 news and happenings:

• Earlier this week, I attended the AFCEA Bethesda Senior Government Executive Dinner, which...

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