Tuesday, January 27, 2009

.GOV Blogs

Arejay pointed out the new Whitehouse Blog. Have you seen it?

Whitehouse THE BRIEFING ROOM • THE BLOG

There are other blogs in the federal .gov webspace. Below are some more. I am sure with the new administration some will go, some will come, and some will change.

Below are some in no certain order:

Change.Gov - The Office of the President Elect Blog - NEWSROOM: BLOG
  • One that may likely go away, get redirected or receive a makeover for current items.

Gov Gab Your U.S. Government Blog

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Evolution of Security - Transportation Security Administration

NASA has several blogs which are more project or mission based

As well as Goddard CIO Blog

State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) looks to reach out with a number of blogs

DIPNOTE - U.S. Department of State Official Blog

Congressional Budget Office

Walter Reed Army Medical Center
You can definitely tell it is a SharePoint site

U.S. Fire Administration (As an entity of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency)

PeaceCorp Volunteer Journals

Department of Navy - CIO

National Museum of the United States Air Force

The Office of Minority Health
Closed

MCC - The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a United States Government corporation designed to work with some of the poorest countries in the world.
CEO Blog
Poverty Reduction Blog


National Agriculture Library

Homeland Security Leadership Journal (interesting that they are using Blogger)

CDC Injury Center Blog - Director's View

Centers for Disease Control Director's Blog - Health Marketing Musings

AIDS.gov Blog - a blog about using new media in response to HIV/AIDS

USGS - Arctic Chronicles

Big Read Blog - Updates on the Big Read Initiative (National Endowment for the Arts) - powered by WordPress

iCommandant - Web Journal of Admiral Thad Allen - Another one using Blogger

Congressional Budget Office - Director's Blog

US Army Corp of Engineers - Corps e-spondence - another one hosted on SharePoint

Welcome to the Fast Lane - The Official Blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation - a Typepad blog

GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Chief Scientist's Blog - running WordPress

Greenversations - The Official Blog of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - running Wordpress

I also noticed some that are linked to from the .gov webspace, but are actually run on typepad, blogger, etc.

I know there are also some some Senator and Representative blogs out in the .gov space as well, but have not really ventured to find them.

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