In the last few weeks, the U.S. government has made some huge strides in allowing, and even adopting, Web 2.0 technologies. Recent agreements with YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, Vimeo and the launch of Milblogging.com may not seem “huge” to the savvy among us, but for an organization as big as the government, it represents significant progress. [...]
A recent InformationWeek blog asked the question: Why aren’t more state and local governments leveraging social media in their communities? Here’s a look at a few that are trying.