Last week, the General Service Agency’s Center for Excellence in Digital Government, the USDA and the Federal Web Managers Social Media Sub-Committee hosted a social media open house at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Here’s what I learned, as told using social media — in this case, an iPhone, Twitter and Instagram.
At the @USDA for an open house on social media, courtesy of @amandare. #gov20 #OpenGov #digitalgov #smwdc instagr.am/p/HFOebTpyKS/
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) February 16, 2012
Highlights:
- The USDA has a location-aware mobile app for farmers markets
- The GAO is going to officially launch an iPhone app soon
- The U.S. Department of Education is tweeting at @FAFSA, chronicling Twitter chats with Storify and collaborating internally with Yammer, a microblogging application
- The U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife has an iOS app that lets citizens explore wildlife refuges.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Neat: @usda has mobile-aware farmers market finder: bit.ly/x6nIUz #opengov #gov20 #opendata instagr.am/p/HFPAvjJyKX/
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) February 16, 2012
U.S. Government Accountability Office
GAO on iOS? @JeremyCluchey & @tigermelp say there’ll be an app for that too. GAO.gov #opengov instagr.am/p/HFQDqZpyKp/
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) February 16, 2012
U.S. Department of Education
@FAFSA is on Twitter – & @ncallahan uses @storify to chronicle chats with students. #opengovinstagr.am/p/HFQ0ZOJyKw/
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) February 16, 2012
The @USEdGov Yammer community now has 1000+ members, says @tharessk. #gov20 #e20 #smwdcinstagr.am/p/HFRY7bpyK2/
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) February 16, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Maps of wildlife refuges? 1.usa.gov/A5xjR4 Yep, now there’s an app for that, too. #digitalgov #mobile instagr.am/p/HFTIipJyLJ/
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) February 16, 2012