Justin Herman

Author's details

Name: Justin Herman
Date registered: March 29, 2012

Biography

Justin Herman is the lead for Social Media in the GSA Center for Excellence in Digital Government. He is responsible for promoting new media across the Federal government, and helping agencies use social technology to improve public services.

Latest posts

  1. Pinterest Brings Social Image Sharing to Government — January 17, 2013
  2. Top New Media Programming of 2012 — December 31, 2012
  3. Make #SocialGov More Accessible in 2013 — December 30, 2012
  4. Tool-By-Tool Rundown of #SocialGov Accessibility — December 13, 2012
  5. Government-wide Twitter Verification Sprint Begins — December 7, 2012

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Jan
17

Pinterest Brings Social Image Sharing to Government

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GSA's new Pinterest account illustrates how quickly and easily agencies can begin sharing images on mobile devices and desktops. Image courtesy of GSA.

The federal government can now share tens of thousands of public-use photos via Pinterest, the third most popular social media platform in the U.S. That’s because the company recently adopted Fed-friendly Terms of Service. With more than 100 million visits each month to the free tool, the benefit to citizens and agencies alike may be worth pinning …

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Dec
31

Top New Media Programming of 2012

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The Center for Excellence in Digital Government team giving our community a first bump in April of 2012. Image courtesy of GSA.

  We’re wrapping up another year here at the Center for Excellence in Digital Government – what better time to share highlights from programs and content you helped make among the best. We listen to your feedback and rate all of our programs so we can improve with each step, so let’s take a look at some …

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Dec
30

Make #SocialGov More Accessible in 2013

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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)

Guest post by Mario Damiani, Office of Disability Employment Policy at the Department of Labor  As we wrap up the year and start planning our New Year’s resolutions, may I suggest you add one more goal to your list? Join the #SocialGov Accessibility Working Group and contribute to the development of a Social Media Accessibility Toolkit focused …

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Dec
13

Tool-By-Tool Rundown of #SocialGov Accessibility

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Making social media accessible through multiple devices and platforms can be a challenge, but small tips can help you along the way. Image courtesy of GSA.

As we discussed during our recent #SocialGov Summit on Accessibility, when working with social media, it’s important to find the right balance of creating engaging content and also ensuring that the content is accessible to all your communities. Using helpful hints collected from the summit and presented through DigitalGov University, however, you can start making …

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Dec
07

Government-wide Twitter Verification Sprint Begins

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Government Twitter accounts are sprinting towards verification, illustrated by the blue check mark on @GobiernoUSA. Image courtesy of GSA.

Increasingly, social media is the go-to source of critical information for the American public — but for many users finding the real thing can be confusing given the number of fake (and sometimes humorous) accounts. Today GSA teams with Twitter for a month-long sprint to verify official government  accounts. The aim is to place that little …

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