Within the last few weeks, the General Services Administration has unveiled a new television public service announcement for one of its most popular public services: the government information web portal, USA.gov.
"It's called 'For the People'," explains Teresa Nasif, Director of the Federal Citizen Information Center , part of the Office of Citizen Services and Communications at GSA.>Read more.
Free Information From the Federal Citizen Information Center
July 3, 2009
Brush up on safety and travel tips with free and low-cost publications from the Federal Citizen Information Center. The Center's Summer Consumer Information Catalog features more than 200 titles including:
Handout on Health: Sports Injuries: (Item 502T, free). Summertime is a great time to get active outside. Whether you're playing kickball with the kids or joining a rec league, make sure you know how to treat and heal any bumps or bruises that you or they get while having fun outdoors. Read more.
GSA launches photo-sharing contest for Fourth of July
July 2, 2009
In between eating hamburgers and watching fireworks on July 4 be sure to take lots of pictures.
The U.S. General Services Administration is asking Americans to upload their holiday shots to an album it has created on the photo-sharing Website Flickr.
"What says America to you?" Laura Godfrey, bilingual web content manager for USA.gov said in an interview on Federal News Radio's Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Jane Norris. "How do you celebrate this great country? What does independence mean to you?" Read more.
Good Reasons to Go Green
July 1, 2009
Thinking of going green? Here are some reasons to practice an environmentally friendly lifestyle, from the U.S. Government's Federal Citizen Information Center.
Too much trash: The average American throws out 550 pounds of paper, 318 pounds of food, and 90 pounds of glass per year. About 80 percent of that garbage ends up in landfills. Read more.
YouTube Launches U.S. Government Portal
May 21, 2009
In March, Google issued a statement on its public policy blog refuting a report that the White House had abandoned YouTube over privacy concerns.
"We want to assure all visitors to federal Web sites that we're aware of this issue and have taken steps that meet the government's privacy requirements," said Steve Grove, head of news and politics at YouTube.
One of the steps that YouTube took was creating a government version of its embeddable video player that does not deposit a cookie on the viewer's computer until the video play button has been clicked.
With the launch Thursday of a U.S. government portal on YouTube, federal confidence in Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s video community appears to be stronger than ever. Read more.
