“Skype your Congressman? House adds VoIP for citizen-to-legislator communications” (Alex Howard at gov20.govfresh)“We the people can now add ‘Skype me’ to the list of phrases your representative may utter in a commercial, town hall or stump speech.”*Video: “Steve Hodgkinson discusses Gov 2.0”
Government Teaches About Fireworks Safety Online
“Speaking of practical ways that the government can provide useful information to citizens online… there are various government webpages that help citizens become informed on being safe around fireworks. Here’s a sampling of them…”“IT Jobs Saved in Local Governments Thanks to Staff Sharing” (GovTech.com)
“Call it what you like — cross-sourcing, interagency collaboration, rent-a-tech — Mecklenburg County’s alternative to cutting staff is an innovative strategy that CIOs everywhere would be wise to consider.”“July is parks and recreation month” (American City & County)
*Disclosure: CDS Group (makers of VideoMinutes) is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Microsoft is planning to acquire Skype.
A similar version of this was originally posted at the IT company that I work for’s product blog (Disclosure: the product deals w/ transparency, gov’t, & technology and our company works with government in multiple ways to help them with gov 2.0 and related technologies)
Open Government Links of the Week – July 1, 2011 is a post from: Government 2.0 in Action
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