1. RSS and Podcasts What Is FirstGov.gov Doing? RSS, Blog and Podcast Workshop NOAA, February 21, 2006 Joanne McGovern Web Content Manager FirstGov.gov joanne.mcgovern@gsa.gov

2. RSS What Is FirstGov.gov Doing? Created page “What Is RSS?” Created Government RSS Library Created two feeds from FirstGov.gov Share How To’s and Best Practices on webcontent.gov

3. What Is RSS?

4. What Is RSS Page http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/ Reference_Shelf/Libraries/ RSS_Library/What_Is_RSS.shtml

5. RSS Library

6. http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/ Reference_Shelf/Libraries/ RSS_Library.shtml

7. FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds 1.FirstGov.gov Updates Same content as sent out via e-mail alerts Frequency depends on how frequently site updates 2.Popular Government Questions Uses the content from our FAQs (faq.gov) Have 2,000 Q & A’s to choose from Chose 170 of likely interest to RSS user demographic Post several a week Will send by monthly themes (this month: Money)

8. FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds

9. http://www.firstgov.gov/rss

10. FirstGov.gov Updates RSS Feed

11. Popular Government Questions RSS Feed

12. FirstGov.gov RSS Feeds They bring traffic to other government websites. We are pointing to your information. FirstGov.gov Updates are usually a link to another site FirstGov FAQs contain answers with referrals to other agencies for more detail

13. Webcontent.gov

14. Lessons Learned It is very inexpensive to add RSS feeds to your site The real work is in the content—delivering quality and regular content that is of interest to your audiences Consider how you re-use content via various channels

15. Podcasts What Is FirstGov.gov Doing? Government Podcast Library Working with Podcast directories (iTunes, Yahoo!, Podcast Alley, Podcast.net, Odeo, Podnova, PodSpider) to promote government Podcasts Working on creating FirstGov.gov podcasts (audio and video) Webcontent.gov—sharing How To’s and Best Practices

16. Government Podcasts Library

17. Government Podcast Library http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/ Reference_Shelf/Libraries/ Podcasts.shtml

18. Webcontent.gov

19. Add Your RSS Feeds and Podcasts to FirstGov’s Library Visit http://www.firstgov.govhttp://www.firstgov.gov Click “Contact Us”, or Click “Suggest-a-Link” E-mail me directly: joanne.mcgovern@gsa.gov