Govt-Social-Media

Government Uses of Social Media / Web 2.0 Technologies (updated 18 March 2012):
City of Seattle’s open data catalog, hosted by Socrata, a Seattle tech firm:

• data.seattle.gov

City of Seattle’s My Neighborhood Map, mapping data onto neighborhoods:

• www.seattle.gov
• 911 Calls in a neighborhood
• Services, parks, permits, art in a neighborhood
• Police Reports in a neighborhood

City of Seattle Social Media for Departments and Elected Officials

• Find almost any elected official or employee
• Citylink Blogs
• City of Seattle Tweeters
• Elected Officials, Departments and Social Media
• Social Media Policies

Other popular Open Data and Transparency Sites:

• The Seattle Channel – Municipal TV – all online since 2003
• Community and Neighborhood Resources online links
• Seattle Neighborhoods on the Net
• Seattle Traffic Conditions
• Electrical System Outage Map
• Pothole Repair Map
• Winter Snow Conditions Map

Video:

• Seattle Channel (municipal TV):   www.seattlechannel.org
• Seattle Chan YouTube:   www.youtube.com/user/SeattleChannel21

Twitter – Multiple City of Seattle Departments tweet. Examples:

• Police:   twitter.com/seattlepd
• Transportation:  twitter.com/seattledot
• Fire:  twitter.com/SeattleFire
• City Light (electric power utility:  twitter.com/SEACityLight

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:

• Police:   spdblotter.seattle.gov/
• Fire:  fireline.seattle.gov
• City Light (electric power utility):  powerlines.seattle.gov
• Animal Shelter:  thescoop.seattle.gov/

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

• Travelers Info Map:  web5.seattle.gov/travelers/
• Mashup – My Neighborhood Map (MNM):   web1.seattle.gov/mnm/?tabId=1
• Mashup – Fire 911 calls on MNM:   web1.seattle.gov/mnm/?tabId=2

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

• www.seattle.gov/pan/SocialMediaPolicy.htm
• Note:   Some City of Seattle functions also have presence on Facebook and MySpace

San Francisco Sites:

• Data for San Francisco:   www.datasf.org/
• Applications Showcase:   www.datasf.org/showcase
• San Francisco on Facebook:   www.facebook.com/SF?_fb_noscript=1

Other sites:

• Muni Gov 2.0 – Bill Greeves – www.munigov.org
• Ideas for Seattle (Candidate’s Site)   www.ideasforseattle.org
• City Council Blog example:   www.timburgess.com
• Bill Schrier’s Blog:   www.chiefseattlegeek.com
• Bill Schrier’s Twitter:   www.twitter.com/billschrier