Circulation » usa.gov http://lindybrown.com/blog Mixing Student Affairs & Information Sciences Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:26:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 From USA.gov: Government 2.0 http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/02/from-usagov-government-20/ http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/02/from-usagov-government-20/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:47:19 +0000 lindybr1 http://lindyjb.wordpress.com/?p=521 USA.gov has created a Government 2.0 page. It lists “2.0″ tools from their site and has a small collection of links to other government-wide 2.0 resources such as blogs, gadgets, RSS feeds, podcasts, videos and virtual tours.

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Photo credit: USA.gov word cloud. (It includes the top 75 most used words on their website).

]]> http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/02/from-usagov-government-20/feed/ 0 Government Documents – on Scribd?! http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/01/government-documents-on-scribd/ http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/01/government-documents-on-scribd/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:51:36 +0000 lindybr1 http://lindyjb.wordpress.com/?p=358 I have been reading chapter after chapter in United States Government: Information & Policies (Hernon, et al) about all the sources one can use to find Government documents. Lemme tell ya – there are lots. Published in 2002, the book was on the cusp of the electronic information breakthrough. As such, we have seen many updates toward making most government documents available online. THOMAS, GPO Access Census.gov and USA.gov are excellent free sources and have expanded since the book was published.

With Barack Obama’s plan for transparency, government information has expanded to social networking sites such as YouTube (which I described in an earlier post).

Is Scribd part of the action now? It sure looks like it! Barack Obama’s official inaugural address is now posted on Scribd for all to see, access, download, embed in webpages or blogs.

Could Scribd join the ranks as THOMAS and GPO Access? I don’t think so, but I must admit I am impressed with the idea of being able to download – or more so – embed government documents into a web page!

Barack Obama Inaugural Address

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