Open Cities Social Media

Government Uses of Social Media / Web 2.0 Technologies:

Video:

Twitter – Multiple City of Seattle Departments tweet. Examples:

CityLinks – Most City of Seattle Departments have blogs on seattle.gov under the name “Citylink”. These roll-up into a consolidated blog: http://www.seattle.gov/citylink/

Departmental:

Mashups – on Seattle.gov the basic mashup is My Neighborhood Map, with Seattle Traveller’s Information for traffic. These use Bing Maps as the display technology:

Social Media Policies (for use of Twitter, Facebook, blogging, video, etc.):

Future City of Seattle Web 2.0 implementations (in development):

  • data.seattle.gov
  • Crime Statistics and mashups
  • Public Engagement Portal
  • my.seattle.gov
  • single-sign-on for online services
  • civic engagement site for inputting / ranking / developing ideas and public input

San Francisco Sites:

Other sites:

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