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    Social Media Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Government Career

    OhMyGov's INFOGRAPHIC on Facebook, Twitter and the Hatch Act By Mark Malseed Are you a federal government employee with a Facebook or Twitter account and a passing interest in politics? Be extra careful if you are, as we head into the thick of election season: your government career could be...
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    Using Visual Management To Improve Performance

    How displays of data and sensory stimuli create a better workplace By Stewart Liff Eighteen years ago, I walked into an organization, took at quick look at its space and quickly realized that it had only one sign up anywhere. The sign was on a supervisor’s desk and said, “What part of...
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    7 Reasons Every Government Agency Needs a Social Media Policy

    By Andrew B. Einhorn The popularity of social media across many different demographic groups has allowed for an unprecedented level of openness and connectedness, which also provides substantial opportunities for “good government.” By using inexpensive and widely accessible social media...
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    Corporate Facebook "Likes" Fake?

    Most “likes” on Facebook corporate pages could be fraudulent... By Jack B. Winn According to the security firm Sophos, most “likes” on Facebook corporate pages such as Ford, GM, Krispy Kreme and others could be fraudulent. "Spammers and malware authors can mass produce false Facebook...
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    How to Provide an Employee with...

    How to Provide an Employee with Performance Feedback By Stewart Liff One of the things that supervisors find most uncomfortable is to give performance feedback to their employees. It doesn't matter whether they are talking to private sector or government employees, they simply don't look...
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    CMS driving social media conversation

    By Jack B. Winn The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' popularity has increased recently as debates over the solvency of long-term care insurance takes a star turn in the ongoing debate over health care and entitlements spending. According to OhMyGov Analytics, over 16,000 posts...
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    Wildfires push Air Force Academy into social media spotlight

    By Jack B. Winn The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs is more well known for its rigorous academics than aggressive tweets, but therecent wildfires in Colorado have pushed the military into the spotlight on social media, and Twitter especially. According toOhMyGov Analytics...
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    Improving Government Performance

    How important is performance really to an organization? By Stewart Liff When I visit government organizations, I rarely see their performance...
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    OhMyGov! Syria and Iran bump...

    Syria and Iran bump US CENTCOM's Social Media Presence United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has been in the public eye for over a decade... By Jack B. Winn The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has been in the public eye for over a decade as a result of the conflicts in the...
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    Homeland Security Experiences the Twitter Roller Coaster

    "Homeland security...or oppression?" One user wrote. By Jack B. Winn Never let it be said that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has time on its hands--this week the prominent government agency's twitter presence has either followed or made news. According to OhMyGov...
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    JP Morgan Scandal Puts Federal Reserve Under Scrutiny Via Twitter

    Interest in the Fed plummeted on Twitter after May 12--to just 17 mentions May 13. By Jack B. Winn J.P Morgan's $2 billion gamble may be raising eyebrows on Wall Street and D.C., but the loss has also brought new scrutiny into big banks' relationships with agencies like the Federal...
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    Air Force Social Media Accounts Surge

    The Department’s official Social Meida accounts have been steadily gaining By OhMyGov! The U.S. Air Force saw a surge of Facebook growth --an increase of 7.2 percent from April. I t is the largest increase the Air Force has experienced since the March 2012 surge; where it...
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    Federal Government Sweats over 'hacktivists'

    Yet the truth about Anonymous rarely lives up to the hype. By Jack B. Winn IT administrators and systems analysts are becoming concerned about an increase in cyber attacks targeting websites, and according to websiteNetwork Computing, the federal government is taking no chances. With 75...
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    Social Media Directors a Burgeoning Career Field

    By Jack B. Winn Teachers, firefighters, engineers and federal bureaucrats may be staring down the barrel of a loaded gun as budgets are slashed and jobs are eliminated, but one sector of government employees is enjoying significant growth: social media directors. According to Government...
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    IRS Goes Social to Get Your Tax Dollars

    By Jack B. Winn Last week was the deadline to file your federal tax return, and the Internal Revenue Service took to social media to spread the word. In the past month, the agency everyone loves to hate sent 510 tweets out to remind people to pay their taxes on time, provide tips on how...
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