Sunday, July 03, 2005

Who blogs? Utah Elected Officials Invited to Blog. It's been long overdue, but enterprising individuals are now realizing the potential market for hosting blogs for elected officials and those running for office. Utahpolicy.com announced today a new service inviting Utah politicos to communicate with the public using the new Utah Policymaker Blog. [RSS in Government] Sounds like something California could use too. Last election we had very few elected officials, and hopefuls writing blogs. I remember Sharon Davis (recalled Gov Gray Davis' spouse) blogged for a while (at the now-abandoned domain, no-recall.com.) 7:55:06 PM    comment [] Irish Local Governments Get Nooked. Two Irish County Councils and several other Irish, Northern Ireland, and UK government agencies are publishing press releases using the new Nooked hosted online RSS publishing service. [RSS in Government] 7:49:17 PM    comment [] Are you Chief Blogging Officer Material?. Does your state or agency have a Chief Blogging Officer? Government is already rife with chiefs, why not one more? HighBeam Research, Inc. has set the pace by announcing today the appointment of Christopher Locke as its Chief Blogging Officer (CBO). HighBeam also announces a pilot program offering a select group of bloggers exclusive use of its new "blog this document" tools and free access to the company's premium archives. [RSS in Government] 7:48:31 PM    comment [] Ray Matthews, at  RSS in Government, wrote "California a Dollar Short, a Day Late?" late in 2004. He mention that RSS could help some of the California IT Strategic Plan's Objectives: Make government services more accessible to citizens and State clients. Implement common business applications and systems to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Lower costs and improve the security, reliability and performance of the State's IT infrastructure. 7:08:19 PM    comment []

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