Feds will expand use of social media

By Andrew Mayeda, Postmedia News: “The federal government is developing plans to give public servants more freedom to use social media such as Facebook and Twitter so departments can engage more directly with the public and recruit young talent who expect a “Web 2.0” workplace.

Senior information-management officials also propose creating a central “open-data” portal that would make raw government information available to web surfers, provided the data isn’t personal, secret or confidential, according to internal documents obtained by Postmedia News.” Link to full article at Canada.com