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NewsNASCIO negotiates new YouTube terms of service
State governments can sign a modified YouTube terms of service agreement stripped of problematic legal clauses, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers announced Jan. 17. The Read more...
Terrorists active in social media, says paper
Terrorist groups use online social network sites to monitor military personnel and recruit new followers, says a new paper by a University of Haifa communications professor. Gabriel Weimann, in a Read more...
Social media creates a democracy-challenging informational filter
The increasing pervasiveness of information filtering via social networks has implications for American democracy, said David Weinberger, a senior researcher with the Harvard Berkman Center for Read more...
MIT discovers secret of human motivation: Money
In an effort to better understand how information spreads across a population, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency challenged teams of researchers to find the coordinates of 10 red weather Read more...
Berry: USAJobs.gov relaunch 'highly complex'
USAJobs.gov has been riddled with problems since the Office of Personnel Management unveiled its website redesign Oct. 11, but OPM Director John Berry says OPM will continue working to address Read more...
'Snapshots' cannot accurately archive gov 2.0 content, says Navy official
Simply capturing an image of social media content hosted by third parties isn't a sufficient archiving strategy, says Charley Barth, director of records at the Department of the Navy. Since October Read more...
U.K. officials ponder social media restrictions following London riots
In light of this month's riots in London and other cities across the United Kingdom, government officials and representatives from social networks met Aug. 25 to discuss options for handling social Read more...
VA encourages social media engagement at offices, medical centers
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to increase its use of collaboration and social media tools at individual offices and medical facilities, according to 21-page policy document released Aug. 16 Read more...
Anonymous are script kiddies, says DHS
Hacker collectivist Anonymous relies on rudimentary exploits "commonly associated with less skilled hackers, referred to as 'Script Kiddies,'" says the Homeland Security Department in an unclassified Read more...
Many agencies lack important policies for social media use
Twenty-three of 24 major federal agencies engage in social media but many lack a clear plan to mitigate records management, privacy and security challenges, according to an report by the Government Read more...
| Press ReleasesAHF Online Community Surpasses 500,000Nonprofit AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) leverages its growing online community—including 456,517 Facebook Followers—to achieve advocacy successes in the U.S. & global HIV/AIDS fight Read more >> NASA Releases First Multi-Player Facebook GameWASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has launched its first multi-player online game to test players' knowledge of the space program. Who was the first American to walk in space? Read more >> Facebook to Live Stream Official Data Privacy Day 2012 Event on January 26thPrivacy Forum will Feature U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Brill and Digital Industry Leaders from Comcast, eBay Inc., Intel, Facebook, AT&T, and Mastercard WorldwideWASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2012 Read more >> VA Launches Facebook Pages for All 152 Medical CentersStrategy Enables Returning Vets to Engage with VA at the Local Level WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that all of its 152 medical centers are now Read more >> Business Roundtable Statement In Support of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit ReductionWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Business Roundtable today strongly urged the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reform to move forward on a $1.2 trillion deal which would be considered a down payment on Read more >> |
