links for 2009-04-10

• How did the Transportation Security Administration get so good at blogging? – By Christopher Beam – Slate Magazine
  ost agency blogs—and they abound—are little more than a collection of glorified press releases. The Department of Transportation's blog, Welcome to the Fast Lane, helpfully assures readers that the $48 billion in stimulus money allocated to the department "could not be in more capable, vigilant hands." The State Department's blog, the unfortunately named DipNote, informs us that President Obama's European trip last week was a roaring success. Thanks to the Office of Citizen Services' Gov Gab, I'm now aware of Alcohol Awareness Month, National Autism Awareness Month, and Sexual Assault Awareness Month—all this month. The "blog" published by the Office of National Drug Control Policy actually is a set of press releases.
  (tags: socialmedia blog government government2.0)

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