Thanks for including my blog in your list. Just wanted to let you know that (for better or worse), I write every word on my blog myself. I hope that as time moves on, we'll continue to see more elected officials using this tool as an additional means of connecting with the public.
PaulGlazowski
· 1 year ago
Good to know!
Ling
· 1 year ago
You forgot President Bush. He's got a blog too, although he doesn't seem to post anymore. Guess he found it kinda difficult to moetize the blog...
I'm sure he never posted himself. 100%, actually. Anyway, thanks for the link!
Tom Watson MP
· 1 year ago
The situation in the UK is a little more positive than you describe. See the response to the new guidelines for civil servants and the use of social media. At 79 words long, they can fit on the front of a web page:
More positive, how so? My quip about Web friends versus real friends only seems logical. Exceptions can always be made, but for the most part, conventional wisdom endures, I think.
Good to see those links, though. Thanks for the comment!
Hugh
· 1 year ago
Listing Fritchey with Conyers and Conaway is very misleading. Fritchey is a member of the Illinois STATE House.
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Thanks for including my blog in your list. Just wanted to let you know that (for better or worse), I write every word on my blog myself. I hope that as time moves on, we'll continue to see more elected officials using this tool as an additional means of connecting with the public.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/mideast/notes...
http://www.podnosh.com/blog/2008/06/18/civil-se...
You might also want to look at my department's new mash-up competition:
http://www.showusabetterway.com/ Yup, even government can use the widsom of crowds to co-design public services.
And as for blogging politicians. See "blogging MPs and their blogs": http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/08/04/blog...
Good to see those links, though. Thanks for the comment!
http://ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=95&MemberI...