Is there a federal agency out there that doesn’t have a blog? The U.S. Transportation jumped into the blogosphere today with a site called Fast Lane that promises postings from none other than Secretary Mary Peters and other senior officials.
“Fast Lane will allow me and others here at the Department to speak directly with interested citizens, members of the transportation community and the blogosphere to engage in an earnest conversation about our nation’s transportation future,” Secretary Peters said in a prepared statement.
My reaction? The department’s idea of blogging isn’t necessarily the same idea you or I might have. The first few entries that have been posted are just repurposed press releases and one really dry guest blog posting by Chicago Mayor Richard Dailey.
Oh well, you can’t judge a blog based on just three entries. But I like the idea of having a relatively open forum where citizens can interact with these high-level officials. That can only be positive.
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