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GSA Joins Blogging Brigade
By Tom Shoop | Friday, October 05, 2007  |  05:24 PM

“Americans clearly love the idea and practice of blogging,” says GSA Administrator Lurita Doan. So the agency has unleashed a blog of its own, known as "GovGab."

The blog features daily posts from a team of five GSA managers who post on a rotating basis (in fact, they seem to have divided up the task by each taking a different day of the week). They're supposed to "help spotlight U.S. government information and services of greatest use in Americans’ daily lives."

GSA's clearly operating under the theory that it's the young folks who are really into this whole blogging thing, because the bios of the bloggers make it clear that they don't exactly represent a generational cross-section of the agency's workforce.

And so far, their posts certainly do highlight a wide range of government information -- on everything from grass seed to shoes to Sonic Youth records.



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I've forwarded the link to this blog to Congressman Waxman. I'm sure he and his staff will be most entertained by the eclectic, self-absorbed ramblings of these 'public servants' -- none of which have the slightest thing to do with GSA's mission.

Although, the item on shoes might be helpful in deciding what to wear when you testify before the Committee...

Get Back To Work  | Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |  07:53 AM



I'd like to see a blog devoted to finding a way to eliminate the GSA from the federal bureaucracy...talk about an agency that wastes money...just their existance is a waste.

Un-Blog the GSA  | Monday, October 08, 2007 |  01:41 PM




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