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What Is The Actual Cost of Manual Social Media Archiving?

by George van Rooyen on September 05, 2019 in Social Media, social media archiving, governments, government social media, archiving, social media success, SocialGov, manual social media archiving

Social media is a tremendously useful tool for government agencies, especially when it comes to engaging with citizens in an immediate yet affordable way. No other large-scale communication tool is as effective at generating two-way...

9 Reasons Government Agencies Should Be on Social Media

by George van Rooyen on July 04, 2019 in Social Media, governments, government social media, social media success, SocialGov

For government organizations, social media can seem like a risky proposition. What if an employee posts something inappropriate that ends up embarrassing the agency? And what about those crude and inappropriate comments that public-sector...

What Social Media Can Tell Us About a City

by George van Rooyen on June 12, 2019 in Social Media, social media archiving, government websites, governments, pagefreezer, social media monitoring, OpenGov, government social media, TED, PIO, Public Information Officer, SocialGov, Baltimore, Dave Troy, Maps, Social Media Map, TED Talk

Social media has transformed how government organizations and public information officers (PIOs) communicate with the people of a city. Giant platforms like Facebook and Twitter, as well as more niche government solutions like Nixle and...

6 Social Media Policy Considerations for Government Agencies

by George van Rooyen on April 16, 2019 in Social Media, OpenRecords, social media archiving, government websites, Records Management, governments, Facebook, Twitter, pagefreezer, social media monitoring, records, OpenGov, social media success, social media policy, Social media template, policy

The public information landscape has changed incredibly over the last few years. Whether simply engaging with constituents on a day-to-day basis or planning for an emergency, social media forms an important part of just about every...

How Technology Pricing Models Are Penalizing Government Organizations for Social Media Success

by George van Rooyen on April 09, 2019 in Social Media, OpenRecords, Freedom of Information, Preservation, social media archiving, government websites, Records Management, transparency, governments, pagefreezer, social media monitoring, records, government social media, archiving, recordkeeping, pricing, social media success

When it comes to social media and website archiving solutions for government organizations, pricing models can be rather nebulous. This is not an accident. Many archiving vendors use a strategy of charging a low fee for a small number of...

GSMCON 2019 to Focus on Diversity, Inclusivity, and Transparency

by Peter Callaghan on March 28, 2019 in Social Media, OpenRecords, social media archiving, government websites, Records Management, transparency, governments, pagefreezer, social media monitoring, records, Web ARChive, OpenGov, GSMCON, government social media, Diversity, Government Social Media Conference, Inclusivity

Social media offers an unprecedented opportunity for information sharing and conversation. As an example, just consider Twitter. For many of us, Twitter has become our go-to for breaking news. And unlike television or print media, it allows us...

National Archives and Record Administration to Present at GSMCON 2019

by George van Rooyen on March 27, 2019 in Social Media, OpenRecords, social media archiving, government websites, Records Management, governments, NARA, pagefreezer, social media monitoring, records, Web ARChive, OpenGov, GSMCON, government social media, National Archives and Record Administration, Government Social Media Conference

Government social media professionals will be descending on Nashville, Tennessee, from April 2-4, 2019 for the 2019 Government Social Media Conference (GSMCON). In total, close to 1,000 social media coordinators, communicators, elected...

5 Ways to Use Social Media to Increase Government Openness

by George van Rooyen on March 13, 2019 in Social Media, OpenRecords, social media archiving, government websites, Records Management, governments, pagefreezer, WARC, social media monitoring, records, OPEN Data Act, Web ARChive, OpenGovWeek, OpenGov, Open Government Week

While there has been a lot of news centered around social media and privacy lately, there’s no denying that platforms like Facebook and Twitter continue to be incredibly useful tools for governments interested in having meaningful conversations...

Helping Government Agencies Comply with the New OPEN Data Act

by George van Rooyen on March 07, 2019 in Social Media, OpenRecords, social media archiving, government websites, Records Management, governments, pagefreezer, WARC, social media monitoring, records, OPEN Data Act, Web ARChive

The United States’ Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act was signed into law on January 14, 2019. This landmark piece of legislation means that government departments and agencies must comply with a new set of rules...

PageFreezer Releases 3rd Generation of Dynamic Website Capture Technology

by Sylva on February 12, 2019 in PublicRecords, Preservation, government websites, governments, website archiving, pagefreezer

PageFreezer is proud to announce the release of the 3rd generation of its dynamic website capture and archiving technology.

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