Category Archive: Training

DigitalGov University courses, from live webinars, in-person events and on-demand streaming sessions.

Nov
30

#SocialGov Summit Highlights Accessibility Challenges

A panel at the November #SocialGov Summit where the Department of Labor's ePolicyWorks team announced the goal to organize new social media accessibility tools and best practices to meet emerging challenges. (Image courtesy of GSA)

The recent #SocialGov Summit on accessibility of government social media raised emerging issues faced by agencies in their effort to make sure the information citizens need is communicated to them when  and how they need it. For many, the most eye opening exercise was simply to hear their tweets read back to them through an iPhone VoiceOver …

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Oct
22

Take Your API Knowledge to the Next Level

The FCC developer page has data sets and information for the public.

DigitalGov University is hosting a webinar on Application Program Interfaces (APIs) Thursday, October 25, at 11 AM ET. If you’ve heard of and understand the basic concepts of APIs, then this session will take you to the next level of what you can do with them. Bring your questions! There will be time to delve into your …

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Sep
04

Federal #SocialGov Summit Unites Agencies

The Federal #SocialGov Summit is coming to NASA Sept. 17, with agencies across the government collaborating on innovative solutions to shared mission needs.

Let this pique your curiosity: Join 150 social media practitioners from across the federal government for the next #SocialGov Summit at NASA headquarters September 17. The summit includes collaborative sessions on Performance Metrics, breakout groups, and in-depth case studies from the space agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The autumn #SocialGov Summit …

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Jul
21

Introduction to APIs

CDC maintains multi-channel content in real-time with their API.

There’s an easier way to get content and data into the hands of citizens. Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, are web services that allow people to more easily consume content and data in multiple ways–via mobile devices,  mobile apps, innovative mash-ups, and much more.  Simply put, APIs are a better way to get government information …

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Jun
21

Meet the New MAX

Photo of the MAX Federal Community page.

Are you looking for a government-wide online collaboration tool that allows you to collaborate with your peers and manage communities and workflows?  Look no further — the new and improved MAX has a ton of features and functionality, to help you: Create a collaboration space for communities of practice Work simultaneously on documents Directly edit …

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