Ethan Klapper

Ethan Klapper
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Company
The Eagle, Social Government
Bio
Ethan is a student at American University in Washington, D.C., studying journalism. He currently blogs at socialgovernment.com. Ethan has interned for washingtonpost.com, mediabistro.com, WRNN-TV and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.).

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JANUARY 4, 2010 12:42PM

Government 2.0 Predictions for 2010

Originally posted at Social Government.

Without a doubt, lots of (read: unprecedented) progress was made in the government 2.0 world in 2009. We saw the first federal CIO and CTOs appointed, the launch of Apps.gov and even the White House embracing the open source Drupal content management system fo… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009 3:28PM

Best Practices: Google Maps for Government

The possibilities for using Google Maps are endless. From showing where the nearest bus stop is to the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, the ever-popular mapping service has yet to see widespread adoption by the government, even though it should.

Google Maps makes data more digestible for average c… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009 11:31PM

A Rough Yet Promising Start for Recovery.gov

When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law Tuesday, he announced that Recovery.gov, a Web site he first spoke about last month, was live. The new Web site is committed to transparently showing citizens where all of the $787 billion in the stimulus package… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009 3:16PM

Twitter In Government Agencies: Best Practices

With Twitter being all the rage lately, there are bound to be questions about how the popular microblogging tool should be deployed in government. Some agencies fully embrace Twitter, giving the intimidation of government a human face.

Others simply have no

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