U.S. Digital Registry adds API access
The General Services Administration is making it easier for third-party application developers to verify official government social media accounts.
Hooking up with Tinder to encourage organ donation
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service partners with the popular dating app to raise organ donation awareness.
Social media done right: Managing all channels with a single tool
No one tool does everything under the sun, but agencies can find social media dashboards that make it easier to manage dozens of accounts and the work of employees that run them.
Survey: Social media analysis tops crime-fighting tech
A survey on crime-fighting software shows an increasing reliance on social media analysis to fight drugs and gang violence.
State starts development on new social media and analytics platform
The State Department of will use the new platform to expand its social media outreach.
IFTTT: Recipes for working smarter
“If This Then That” is a social media service that combines 166 channels such as Twitter, RSS and Android and iOS location services into “recipes” that can integrate government social media, data, location-based services and the Internet of Things.
The Internet of pothole-fixing sensor things
In Panama, an automated attempt to get roads repaired.
5 metrics for effective video
Anyone can produce online video these days -- but it’s not always easy to tell if the intended audience is watching and engaged.
NORTHCOM seeks disaster sim, with social component
To address training needs for disaster response and managing the mission message, the U.S. Northern Command is looking for a disaster management simulation tool with a social media emulation platform.
White House open sources FY 2016 budget
The White House has released a machine-readable version of the budget on GitHub, posted it to the blogging platform Medium created an interactive visualization for its website.
Are agency researchers being misled by Twitter data?
The use of social media as a public outreach and data collection tool is now actively promoted by government agencies. But do the data samples paint an accurate representation of public sentiment?
Social media use growing in law enforcement
A new report looks at law enforcement’s current social media practices and processes and how the landscape has changed over the last two years.
Google launches YouTube for Government
Google has launched YouTube for Government, an educational website that explains how government officials can get the most out of YouTube as a communication tool.
VA seeks collaborative tech for employees
The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to connects health care personnel across the entire VA service network in an effort to reduce duplication and promote sharing of best practices.
Navy puzzle challenge blends social media, cryptology
The puzzle, consisting of daily clues posted on Facebook, targeted the cryptology community in an attempt to raise awareness of the Information Dominance Corps.
Air Force seeks media-simulating training tool
Peterson Air Force Base is looking for sources to provide a tool to simulate the flow of email, social media, blogs and other communications under crisis conditions.
DARPA posts catalog of software and research results
The Open Catalog is curated list of DARPA-sponsored software and research projects that may draw interest and usage from other government agencies.
Survey measures agencies' social media efforts
A new study finds that about 14 percent of Americans use social media as their main source of information about a federal agency.
For Boston Police, social media experience pays off after bombing
After the bombing at last year's Boston Marathon, the city's police department effectively tapped social media to communicate with the public.
Project mines tweets, satellite and drone imagery for disaster response
George Mason University spearheads a DOT-funded project using social media posts, satellites and cloud-based tools to guide first responders to unfolding disasters.
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