Andrea DiMaio

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A Year in Review: Top Ten for Government 2.0 in 2011

by Andrea Di Maio  |  December 27, 2011  |  4 Comments

For the third year in a row, here is my (absolutely personal) top ten in the area of government 2.0 and government innovation in general.  This ranking is my own, and – as such – totally arbitrary. I am sure I am missing great things that happened in many corners of the world, and I [...]

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New Zealand Shows A Wise Approach to the Cloud

by Andrea Di Maio  |  December 9, 2011  |  1 Comment

I recently praised the New Zealand government for one of the best social media guidance documents I have seen so far. Previously I had singled-out their approach to procuring infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Now, I am happy to highlight their overall approach to government cloud, which is by making sure they get a sensible business case. On [...]

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The Best Government Social Media Guidelines So Far Come from New Zealand

by Andrea Di Maio  |  December 1, 2011  |  13 Comments

I just browsed through two documents that were published by the New Zealand government: Social Media in Government: High Level Guidance, targeted to organizations that “are trying to decide if they should use social media in a communications, community engagement, or a policy consultation context”; and Social Media in Government: Hand-On Toolbox, targeted to practitioners [...]

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A No-Nonsense Guide for Government Employees on Social Networks

by Andrea Di Maio  |  June 1, 2009  |  9 Comments

One topic that I discuss a lot with government clients is about what codes of conduct they should develop to regulate the use of social media by civil servants. There are quite  a few examples around the world, but very often consultants as well as government officials point to policies developed by private sector organizations, [...]

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