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DHS Blogging 2.0 — “The Blog @ Homeland Security”

June 16th, 2009 · No Comments

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has just started a new blog called The Blog @ Homeland Security”, an addition to the Department’s web presence “designed to increase transparency and facilitate the dialogue between DHS and the American public.”  It will augment the existing Leadership Journal blog, which, according to DHS New Media Specialist Graves Spindler:

“will remain the Department’s primary channel for policy-related posts; The Blog, however, has a slightly different focus and will be updated throughout the day. The idea is to provide a different look at the department and provide more access and transparency by making the day-to-day activities at DHS more visible. The Blog will have a range of regular content features including the Daily News Roundup and various reports from the field, as well as photos, videos, cross-postings, and an open comment policy for dialogue beneath each post.”

Chris Battle of the Security Debrief blog offers some good advice for those overseeing the new platform:

“It remains to be seen how responsive and interactive DHS’s new blog will be. For a particularly good example of a responsive and transparent government blog, check out the Transportation Security Administration’s blog. (Formerly known as the “Evolution of Security” blog, it has been rebranded with the more mundane but unquestionably more, er, practical, title of “TSA Blog.”) However, the DHS press shop has promised that “TheBlog @ Homeland Security” will be more dynamic, with far more frequent postings.”

“The Blog @ Homeland Security can be found at www.dhs.gov/theblog. Welcome to the blogosphere.

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