Publications
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Public Safety and Legal Implications of Bandwidth Throttling
The effectiveness of data communication connectivity during high usage times, such as during emergency events when public safety agencies are responding and community members are calling for help, is left up to each public safety agency’s relationship with its respective data carrier. It is their… Read More
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Legal Matters in Social Media
Government agencies recognize the importance of communicating via social media, especially in times of crisis. However, the law is still adjusting to this development. The Legal Matters in Social Media Guide provides guidance for communicating on social media. Read More
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JIC Skill Set Assessment Survey
The Joint Information Center (JIC) is a central location that facilitates operation of the Joint Information System (JIS), where personnel with public information responsibilities perform critical emergency information functions, crisis communications, and public affairs functions. The JIC enhances information coordination, reduces misinformation, and maximizes resources… Read More
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What is Crowdsourcing?
“Crowdsourcing is a participatory approach for gathering ideas, content, or services by soliciting contributions from a large group of people. During the 2017 Hurricane Season, FEMA operationalized crowdsource data from digital volunteer networks to enhance situational awareness for decision making. Specifically, volunteers crowdsourced information from online… Read More
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Twitter Media Studio Getting Started Guide
Twitter has released a ‘Getting Started Guide‘ for businesses and agencies to use its Media Studio which is a platform to manage, measure and monetize your videos on Twitter. You can access the Guide at: Twitter Media Studio Getting Started Guide. … Read More
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Federal Social Media Accessibility Toolkit Hackpad
Improving the Accessibility of Social Media for Public Service The following contains the shared document for the development of the Social Media Policy Toolkit, a shared service of the Federal Social Media Community of Practice lead by teams including The Department of Labor’s Office… Read More
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Mashable: Teens are breaking up with Facebook faster than we thought, says study
By Karissa Bell In case we needed any more proof of just how bad Facebook’s teen problem is, a new study suggests it could be even worse than we thought. Just 51 percent of teens say they use… Read More
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Ragan's PR Daily Report: Journalists are ditching the press release
By Beki Winchel The press release isn’t dead, but its traditional format is on life support. Muck Rack and Zeno Group surveyed more than 500 journalists around the world and found that roughly half of journalists around the world… Read More
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Online Training for Public Engagement During Emergencies on Facebook
PAST Fusion Cell staff along with subject-matter experts from the DOE/NNSA Emergency Management Issues Specialist Interest Group (EMI SIG) Emergency Public Information Subcommittee has developed and released an online training on how to engage with the public via Facebook during an emergency. This self-paced course… Read More
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During disasters, active Twitter users likely to spread falsehoods
Study examines Boston Marathon bombing, Hurricane Sandy; also finds most users fail to correct misinformation By Cory Nealon BUFFALO, N.Y. – We know that Twitter is littered with misinformation. But how good are the social media platform’s most. active users at detecting these falsehoods,… Read More
