epa web 2.0 workgroup patti nelson, dennis schulte, tracey westfield, guy mcmickle, rajbir parmar,...
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EPA Web 2.0 Workgroup
Patti Nelson, Dennis Schulte, Tracey Westfield, Guy McMickle, Rajbir Parmar, Patricia Scott, David Gray, Kurt Wolfe, Chris Wilkes, Michael Hessling, Barry Everett, Cathy Edstrom, Mark Gordon, Mike Markowski, David Eng, Patricia Suarez, Mark Heflin, Jared Joven, Karen Reshkin, Brenda Gaillard, Rebecca Astin, Mike Weaver, Ethan McMahon, Jeff Morin, Summer Goodwin, John Shirey, Fisseha Kefle, Vicent Cusumano, Thomas Nelsom, Jason Kaldani, Brand Niemann, Walter Dove, Jean Balent, Michael Adam, Tina Kottemann, Tina Chen, Kol Peterson.
40 members and growing….
Whitepaper for the 'EPA Web council‘
Not business cases but an explanation of technolgies, providing Web 2.0 literacy for EPA
Recommendations Guidance Policy
EPA Web 2.0 Workgroup
discussed opportunities
unearthed the stumbling blocks
Stumbling Blocks•Lots of interest….but very limited knowledge. Haven’t been permitted to use and explore these tools.
•Volunteer group. No commitment. No incentive to engage.
•EPA has lots of Web managers but it’s not in our job description to work on the barriers to success and managers aren’t asking for it.
•No guidance from anyone. Every innovative project takes SO MUCH effort because it’s new.
•Other agencies have been more experimental due to their decentralized Web governance.
The Opportunities•Lots of interest. Work group has 40+ volunteer members. Apparently, many of us love this stuff.
•If the applications and knowledge base is there, people will use these approaches and techniques.
•Centralized Web governance structure could leverage a centralized, coordinated approach.
Web 2.0 technologies covered
•Blogs •Wikis •Video Sharing (and Multimedia) •Photo-Sharing •Audio and Podcasting •Virtual Worlds •Social Networking Sites •Syndicated Web Feeds •Mashups•Widgets •Social News Sites •Webinar/Webcasts
Talk to people in the way that they are listening
Technologies1. Blogs -http://flowoftheriver.epa.gov/2. Wikis –OEI/NCC working on it. Wikipedia foundation.3. Video Sharing- http://www.youtube.com/usepagov4. Photo-Sharing- 100 independent galleries5. Audio and Podcasts – Few dedicated podcast feeds6. Virtual Worlds – Dipping our toes 7. Social Networking Sites - Nada8. Syndicated Web Feeds – Doing it, but not coordinated, not
much guidance9. Mashups- Obtained VE license. GE product on home page. 10. Widgets – Zilch.11. Social News Sites- Delicious, Technorati links12. Webinar/Webcasts- Abundant use. Not coordinated.
epa.gov in 1998Multimedia
epa.gov in 2008
What will epa.gov look like in 2018?
Multimedia
Multimedia
58% of those who had recently experienced one of those problems said they used the internet (at home, work, a public library or some other place) to get help.
53% said they turned to professionals such as doctors, lawyers or financial experts. 45% said they sought out friends and family members for advice and help.
36% said they consulted newspapers and magazines.
34% said they directly contacted a government office or agency.
16% said they consulted television and radio. 13% said they went to the public library.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/231/report_display.asp
Those who had government-related problems were asked where they went for help:
Multimedia
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/ecycling/donate.htm - 54 peoplehttp://airnow.gov/ - 85 people
Delicious Rank ……New metric?
.gov site bookmarks pages > 1 save
IRS 161 16
NASA 75 41
NOAA 31 12
NPS 28 9
CDC 24 15
EPA 18 7
USGS 16 9
USDA 16 9
Senate 14 10
User-oriented Website
Environmental Information on the Web symposium- Web 2.0 technology http://www.epa.gov/oei/proceedings/2007/sessions.htm
NASA https://sciencewebfed.hq.nasa.gov/web-fed/web-fed
NOAA http://webshop.noaa.gov/ NSA/GSAhttp://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/ModelingAndSimulation_WalkingThroughVirtualEnvironmentsTogether_2007_11_13
Federal Consortium for Virtual Worldshttp://ndu.edu/irmc/fedconsortium.html
All these conferences happened…in the same week!
Federal Collaboration, anyone???Workforce
Search for “Clean Air Act” in Google, February, 2008
“36% of online American adults consult Wikipedia
It is particularly popular with the well-educated and current college-age students”
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Wikipedia07.pdf
Can EPA Staff edit Wikipedia during work?
Social Media guidance
• Web managers and EPA communications staff should read and absorb the ‘overview’ concepts presented in the ‘Technologies’ section.
• Web managers across EPA should be web 2.0 literate and inform their respective program office staffs of new Web formats that may help them achieve their objective. (Effective communication and marketing strategies employ a multi-faceted, multi-media outreach approach.)
• Start or join subgroups within the WWG and provide feedback or findings to the Web Council to help contribute to EPA’s learning process.
• Share your expertise at WWG and in OPA’s Web Trainings on technologies that you wish to promote at EPA.
• Use Web services to deliver information to encourage third party developers to extend and leverage our data, tools, and applications.
• Use the intranet to experiment with your ideas with the goal to make your Web projects public on the internet.
Web Managers at EPA
Recommendations
Kol PetersonPhone:(202)566-2656
U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOffice of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds