Posts Tagged ‘Gov 2.0’

It’s been one week since the Irish government unveiled their €40,000 (about 52,000 USD) multimedia communication portal, and it looks like it was money well spent. MerrionStreet.ie is designed to give citizens, journalists, and any other interested party a transparent look inside the workings of the Irish government, through press releases, videos, images and more. While some bemoan the website as just a place for the government to spin stories to show themselves in a positive light, there is no doubt that it illustrates the allure of the social web to governments of all types.
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The State Department’s eDiplomacy think tank will be launching a “Statebook” social network to connect diplomats and employees with one another via a Facebook-style system. This appears to be part of a larger cultural shift at the State Department from one of relative secrecy to one of more openness, transparency, and information sharing.
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