http://fcw.com/rss-feeds/government-2.aspx The VA today introduced its new Open Government Web site with a dashboard showing progress on the VA's IT projects and an idea forum to encourage public engagement. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/09/va-open-government-web-site-dashboard.aspx Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:15:36 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/09/va-open-government-web-site-dashboard.aspx The group is working on the issues of transparency and participation by the federal government. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/09/open-government-working-group-saos.aspx Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:11:48 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/09/open-government-working-group-saos.aspx The agency will offer a prize worth up to $25,000 for proposing a better approach to its troubled e-gov program. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/05/gsa-crowdsource-egov-travel-services.aspx Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:54:24 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/05/gsa-crowdsource-egov-travel-services.aspx The Social Security Administration has set targets for increasing its online application rate for retirees and the disabled by 2012. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/05/ssa-online-applications.aspx Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:31:00 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/05/ssa-online-applications.aspx The Data.gov transparency Web site could be improved if it had newer data, used better data formats and offered more options for searching, transparency advocates said in a letter to the White House. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/05/open-government-data.gov-ombwatch-transparency.aspx Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:38:18 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/05/open-government-data.gov-ombwatch-transparency.aspx This week: Dispatch from Haiti, TSA and the nudity scam, and a public poll on postage stamps. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/08/blog-brief-haiti-body-scanning.aspx Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:11:41 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/08/blog-brief-haiti-body-scanning.aspx A forum about USA.gov drew a lot of responses, but many of them were not relevant to the Web portal. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/08/backtalk-usa.gov-forum.aspx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:57:30 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/08/backtalk-usa.gov-forum.aspx Former Office of Management and Budget administrator for e-government and information technology Mark Forman sees signs that the federal government is on the verge of embracing shared services. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/08/comment-mark-forman-shared-services-nicholas-carr.aspx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:39:43 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/08/comment-mark-forman-shared-services-nicholas-carr.aspx For Google Wave or any other mega-sharing, browser-based application to work for government, agencies must resolve the issue of trust, writes Chris Bronk. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/08/comment-bronk-googlewave.aspx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:33:19 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/08/comment-bronk-googlewave.aspx Experts say the president's Feb. 3 venture helps validate the role in social media in governance. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/29/social-media-obama-sotu.aspx Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:59:43 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/29/social-media-obama-sotu.aspx The recent Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited corporate contributions to campaigns is creating a need for a robust, comprehensive online campaign finance reporting system, says the Sunlight Foundation. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/29/campaign-finance-online-reporting.aspx Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:03:16 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/29/campaign-finance-online-reporting.aspx NASA plans to stream live video from the International Space Station and broadcast it on the Internet beginning Feb. 1. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/29/nasa-space-video.aspx Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:03:20 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/29/nasa-space-video.aspx EPA's interim social media policy encourages employees to use the emerging technology responsibly. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/28/epa-social-media-policy.aspx Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:55:32 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/28/epa-social-media-policy.aspx A small group of followers of NASA's Twitter feeds will participate in a Tweetup event where they will get a behind-the-scenes look at a Space Shuttle mission. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/27/nasa-tweetup.aspx Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:23:18 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/27/nasa-tweetup.aspx State governments in Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota and Utah made the most dramatic progress in reporting publicly their federal economic stimulus spending online in the last six months, according to a new report. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/27/recovery-act-stimulus-reporting-state-web-sites.aspx Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:01:07 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/27/recovery-act-stimulus-reporting-state-web-sites.aspx Census Bureau Director Robert Groves' trip to a remote Alaskan village to kick off the 2010 count was chronicled via social media. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/26/census-social-media.aspx Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:40:02 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/26/census-social-media.aspx NOAA and Google will develop the visualization of NOAA's data by using Google’s software. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/25/web-noaa-google-agreement.aspx Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:40:30 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/25/web-noaa-google-agreement.aspx The Army has been experimenting since October with its own secure version of Facebook. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/25/buzz-milbook.aspx Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/25/buzz-milbook.aspx For inspiration and guidance on how to use Web 2.0 and social networking to better communicate with the public, look no further than your counterparts in the private sector. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/25/home-page-gov--2dot0-business-models.aspx Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:19:14 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/25/home-page-gov--2dot0-business-models.aspx Paula Zahn speaks out on behalf of stalker victims; EPA uses mockery to promote landmark study; Scientists wrestle with the power of words. http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/25/blog-brief-paula-zahn-climate-change.aspx Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:16:13 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/25/blog-brief-paula-zahn-climate-change.aspx