Andrea DiMaio

According to the Open Government Directive, by 6 February 2010 US federal agencies were supposed to create an Open Government page on their website to serve as a gateway for agency activities related to the Open Government Directive. The page should allow the public to provide feedback, including prioritization of datasets, and should host the [...]

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just issued an interim policy for employees who officially represent the agency online. I assume this apply to whomever is either writing on a blog, or running a group or editing a page on a social media, or responding to a post in his or her official capacity.
The policy is [...]

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In my post yesterday I alluded to why the new Apple’s device may have an impact on decreasing certain types of digital divides and become a compelling platform for certain users.
Let me take this one step further, and make a three more considerations about the potential impact of this new device (as well as those [...]

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Yesterday most of us have been following the unveiling of the much anticipated Apple tablet, now officially named the iPad. My colleagues Allen Weiner, Ray Valdes, Mark McDonald, and others commented about the launch on their respective blogs. Among the many issues that are being discussed, one that pops up quite a lot is whether [...]

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Yesterday I spent an hour in a videoconference with a government organization issuing student loans. They had a number of interesting discussion points about the use of wikis, microblogs and social media for both internal and external collaboration.
When we touched upon externally facing initiatives, we started from the usual communication and public affair perspective. How [...]

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An interview of Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Facebook) with Mike Arrington of Techcrunch has sparkled a new wave of criticism and discussion about Facebook’s attitude to privacy.
in his blog on ReadWriteWeb, Marshall Kirkpatrick heavily criticizes Facebook’s spin on privacy, and so do many of those who posted comments. Although I did not feel Zuckerberg’s statement [...]

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Almost inevitably the last few days of the year feature an impressive number of lists – on newspapers, magazines, web sites, radio and TV programs – about the best and the worst that happened during the year that is about to end.
As 2009 is my first full year as a blogger, I could not resist [...]

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Yesterday the Orange County Register published 13 surprises to hit social media in 2010. This is an interesting list and, although I do not necessarily agree with all those “surprises”, some raise intriguing questions for government agencies that are struggling with their own social media strategies.
Let me pick a few:
At least one of the dominant [...]

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In what is likely to be one of the last messages it will post on its blog, the Australian Government 2.0 Taskforce announced that – as planned – it will end operating, leaving room to whatever new organization will be established to carry forward the excellent recommendations drafted in its final report.
I already said that [...]

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It’s Christmas eve and kids (as well as many grown-ups) make their late wishes, hoping that Santa Claus will listen to them and make their dreams come true under their Christmas tree.
As I am busy with last-minute shopping and hours-long packing, I thought I’d share a few wishes for government 2.0, who is like a [...]

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