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Gary’s Thursday Roundup: NLRB, Internet Archive, Ancestry.com, U.S. Census, and Much More (17 Items)
Hello From DC (I mean Shakeytown, it Was My First Quake) Everyone. As we prepare for our next event around hear and elsewhere along the east coast I thought it might be a good time to share a mountain of news, new resources, and other goodies with all of you. The material comes from posts Shirl Kennedy and I made to our INFOdocket.com site. This is just a small amount of what we post seven days a week. Plus, we also provide FullTextReports.com. New reports are listed in the left rail (Thanks Jim and James) We both hope you find and item or two of interest in the following update. More very soon. (-: 1. Hurricane Irene: FEMA’s National Situation Daily Update Available Online & Natl. Hurricane Center Mobile Resources 2. New Web Site: Feds Launch Performance.gov, Now Publicly Accessible 3. Acquisitions: Bloomberg is Buying BNA for $990 Million 4. US Department of Labor Improves Enforcement Databases Including Visualization/Animation Tools 5.U.S. History: “Rare Footage Unearthed Online” 6. New From the Internet Archive: “Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive” 7.“Google Forfeits $500 Million Generated by Online Ads & Prescription Drug Sales by Canadian Online Pharmacies” The full text of the statement from the USDOJ and FDA 8. Washington Post Op/Ed: “Don’t Kill America’s Databook” (U.S. Census Statistical Abstract) 9. NLRB — Acting General Counsel Releases Report on Social Media Cases 10. Back to School 2011-2012: Facts About Schools, Students and Teachers From the U.S. Census 11. 1940 U.S. Census to be Free on Ancestry.com 12. Government Information: GPO Releases API For FederalRegister.gov (Formal Announcement) 13. Teen Dating Violence: A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress 14. Update: More Digitized Historic U.S. Government Economic and Banking Documents and Reports via FRASER 15. A Look at a Few Resources Using U.S. Department of Agriculture Open Data 16. Cook County, IL: New online database lets anyone see who has outstanding warrants 17. Federal Agencies Take Action to Digitally Document Nearly 50 Endangered Languages Continue reading
A Bit of New Info About Library of Congress/Twitter Archive
Boulder, CO based Gnip has announced they're working with LC and Twitter to deliver tweets to the archive. During the past six months Gnip has been delivering 8 billion tweets each week to LC. Gnip is in the real time social media biz for enterprise customers. Much more info at: http://infodocket.com/2011/06/09/news-about-lcs-twitter-archive-gnip-will-work-with-both-organizations-to-provide-access-to-tweets/ Continue reading
Hearing to address White House social-media preservation policies next week
David Ferriero, the Archivist of the U.S., will be testifying next week at a hearing that will address digital preservation of White House social media.
- White House officials to explain social-media policies next week, By Gautham Nagesh, The Hill (04/28/11). Senior White House officials will explain the Obama administration's policy for preserving tweets and other messages sent using social networks at a House Oversight hearing next Tuesday. The White House's official policy states that all messages between the president and his staffers and third parties on social-media sites like Twitter and Facebook must be preserved under the Presidential Records Act. That includes all tweets as well as direct messages and replies sent to official accounts. But panel Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said it remains unclear what the administration's policies are for unofficial accounts still used for official communications, such as the personal accounts of some staff members....
Military 2.0
I've been fascinated by the struggles with, and now the apparent embrace of, social media by the U.S. Armed Forces. When I first saw that the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs was tweeting, it signaled the military's shift towards strategically harnessing new media to advance the Armed Forces public affairs goals and "compete in an evolving global messaging space". And lest you assume that Admiral Mullen just tweets what he had for lunch, his social media strategy clearly outlines his goals to engage and expand audiences. (Incidentally, in addition to following who you'd expect, such as his wife and President Obama, Admiral Mullen also follows The Economist, Oprah, Thomas Friedman, Katie Couric, George Stephanopoulus, and UNHCR). Below are a couple of examples of the military's web presence in the 21st C. network. Of course, while providing useful information for servicemembers, their families, researchers, students, and the general public, they are also public relations outlets. But in our rich information landscape, that's true of many "authoritative sources" (all the more reason for teaching critical thinking about information): Department of Defense Social Media Hub "Designed to help the DoD community use social media and other internet-based capabilities to share responsibly and effectively, both in official and unofficial capacities." See especially their "How To" guides, which explain the basics of various 2.0 tools, and highlights examples of how servicemembers are using social media. Pentagon Channel Head over the the 'shows' section to browse the wide range of video and audio broadcasting available online, including "This Week in the Pentagon" and the American Forces Press service weekly podcast for military news; "Battleground", featuring historic films from past wars; and "Downrange", a newscast from Iraq and Afghanistan. On the lighter side, check out "The Grill Sergeants", a cooking show featuring top chefs in the military, and "Fit for Duty: Pilates" for a good workout. Information as Power, U.S. Army War College To learn more about these practices in the context of security issues, check out this electronic library of academic work by and for the U.S. Army related to information as an element of national power. You'll find publications such as "Bullets and Blogs: New Media and the Warfighter", "Information Operations as a Deterrent to Armed Conflict", and "War in the Information Age". Continue reading
It’s official: Twitter isn’t Government Paperwork
The Office of Management and Budget has issued an interpretation of the Paperwork Reduction Act and how it applies to government agency use of social media such as Twitter. The Center for Democracy and Technology says, "Currently, there's a burdensome process for agencies who want to do something as simple as ask the users of their website whether they are pleased with their experience - and there has been widespread confusion about whether asking users on Twitter or other social networks amounted to the same thing. Luckily for those in agencies that want to use social media or blogs to engage the public, today's guidance makes it that much easier to do, clearly stating that most uses of interactive web tools are not, in fact, paperwork."
- It's official: Twitter isn't Government Paperwork, by Heather West, Center for Democracy and Technology (April 7, 2010).
- Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act (Memorandum For The Heads Of Executive Departments And Agencies, And Independent Regulatory Agencies) Cass R. Sunstein, Administrator Office Of Information And Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (April 7, 2010).
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