Five Great Cost Savings Ideas for Local Governments
From Tim Kiely:
FastTrackGov found an article posted on the Governing website entitled “5 Great Cost Savings Ideas.“ The article discusses five innovative ways beyond the traditional belt tightening and tax increases that local governments can and should consider in their efforts to save money.
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Local Governments Should Develop Self-Employment Market
From Tim Kiely:
FastTrackGov found an article posted by American City & County Magazine entitled “The economy, it is a-changing” co-written by the vice mayor and the former economic development director for the City of Santa Cruz, California. The article discusses the dramatic shift to self-employment that is underway across the U.S. and the fact the local government economic development policies should address this shift.
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Government Social Media Sites and Transparency – What Can You Do?
From Tim Kiely:
FastTrackGov found an article posted by Government Technology News entitled “Backing Up Twitter and Facebook Posts Challenges Governments” that discusses the important issue of transparency for Government Twitter and Facebook accounts, and provides a look at what some government agencies are doing to address it.
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2010 – Local Governments to Redefine the Economy?
From Tim Kiely:
FastTrackGov found an excellent article posted by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) entitled, “Trends to Watch in 2010” that focuses on the role(s) that local governments can/will play in driving the recovery and redefinition of the economy.
We invite you to check out this article and let us and other FastTrackGov Blog members know what you think, what your government is doing, etc. by posting your comments below.
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2010 Cyber Threats – Some Food for Thought for Local Governments
From Tim Kiely:
FastTrackGov found an interesting article compliments of Government Technology News that, according to Kaspersky Labs, says the new year will usher in some changes to be wary of in the world of malware and cyber-attacks. Read it HERE.
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Congratulations to the 2009 Crown Community Award Winners
From Tim Kiely:
FastTrackGov salutes the winners of American City & County Magazine’s 2009 Crown Community Awards. The 11 winning local governments were touted for their creativity, cooperation and communication efforts in ensuring efficient local government operations in challenging economic climates.
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Seven Predictions for Gov 2.0 in 2010
From Tim Kiely:
FastTrackGov found an interesting article entitled “The Government 2.0 Forecast For 2010: 7 Predictions“ compliments of Social Computing Journal which provides a list of seven predictions as to what will happen with government use of social media technologies in 2010.
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Congratulations to Jeff Greene – County Leader of the Year
From Tim Kiely:
FastTrackGov is pleased to congratulate Jeff Greene, Administrator for El Paso County, Colorado, for being named as American City & County Magazine’s County Leader of the Year for 2009. Read the FULL STORY.
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Social Media…What’s Hot for 2010?
From Tim Kiely:
What will 2010 bring in terms of Social Media options for governments and their citizens?
FastTrackGov found a short video entitled “What’s Hot in 2010? Learn from the Online Trendsetters” that discusses several recently launched Social Media websites that have early adopters excited, and how they could become the next big thing in 2010 and beyond.
Video compliments of Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute.
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Survey Results: How is Government Using Social Media?
From Tim Kiely:
FastTrackGov conducted an on-line survey of municipal governments across the United States in an effort to determine if and how they are using Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.) to communicate with citizens.
SURVEY CONCLUSIONS:
- Nearly 3 out of 5 municipal governments that responded to the survey use Social Media as an option to communicate with their citizens and business owners.
- Of those municipal governments that do use Social Media, Facebook and Twitter are by far the most popular options with each listed by about 4 out of every 5 survey respondents.
- While YouTube is used by municipal governments, it is not as popular as FaceBook or Twitter with only about 3 in 10 survey respondents listing it.
- Other Social Media resources listed by survey respondents include MySpace, LinkedIn, Flickr, and Nixle.
- A vast majority of survey respondents currently use Social Media resources for one-way, outbound communication with their citizens to share news, promote meetings and events, and deliver public safety and emergency information.
- Most survey respondents indicated that their citizens are still very much in the early stages of accepting Social Media options as viable government communications resources.
DETAILED SURVEY FINDINGS:
Does your organization currently use Social Media to communicate with citizens/constituents, businesses, vendors, etc.?
Which Social Media options does your organization currently use?
For those Social Media sites you indicated that your organization does use, which one(s) do you use most frequently?
For those social media site(s) you use, indicate the purpose(s) for which your organization uses them.
If you are using Social Media in your citizen communication efforts, about what percentage of your community has embraced the practice?
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