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    "title" : "DigitalGov IRL: 6 Ways To Get It Right |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"DigitalGov IRL: 6 Ways To Get It Right","summary" : "This morning I was walking down 18th Street, crossing Pennsylvania Avenue by the World Bank when I heard what sounded like “a test from the","date" : "2014-06-10T08:14:55-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"gwynne-kostin" : "Gwynne Kostin"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/06/2014-06-10-digitalgov-irl-6-ways-to-get-it-right.md","slug" : "digitalgov-irl-6-ways-to-get-it-right","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/06/10/digitalgov-irl-6-ways-to-get-it-right/","content" :"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/06/EmergencyAlert.jpg\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/06/250-x-333-Gwynne-Kostin-Emergency-Alert-screenshot.jpg\"\n    alt=\"A screen capture of a Flash Flood Warning Emergency Alert for Washington D.C., sent on June 10, 2014 to mobile devices from the National Weather Service (NWS).\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003eThis morning I was walking down 18th Street, crossing Pennsylvania Avenue by the World Bank when I heard what sounded like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRxrCBvt7TM\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ea test from the Emergency Broadcast System\u003c/a\u003e.” I looked behind me and realized it was coming from my purse and that my phone was jiggling.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI pulled out my phone to see that there was a flash flood warning. I looked up and saw dozens of people on the crowded sidewalks pulling out devices. They all got the same alert. As everyone looked at their phones at once, it looked like a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIoSga7tZPg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eflash mob\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother shared D.C. experience.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd how awesome.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy fellow commuters and I experienced a great example of digital gov at it’s best. Let’s tease out SIX WAYS it worked.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt was \u003cstrong\u003etimely\u003c/strong\u003e. We were alerted that there was a weather emergency when the warning was announced. Not when we turned on the radio or TV. Not after we logged in to a social media site.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt was in \u003cstrong\u003econtext\u003c/strong\u003e. The alert was delivered to people in the immediate area of the alert. It wasn’t sent to people’s “home” area. It wasn’t an alert for a county in the general metro area. It was for where we were standing. (These alerts are very cool. They are location-aware and delivered off nearby cell towers!)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt was \u003cstrong\u003econvenient\u003c/strong\u003e. We didn’t have to sign up for the alert. We didn’t have to open a message–even though it looks like a text message. It simply appeared. (You can opt-out, though.)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt was \u003cstrong\u003emobile\u003c/strong\u003e. Most people carry mobile devices. This took advantage of how people consume information.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt used \u003cstrong\u003epublic data\u003c/strong\u003e. The data was from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.weather.gov/alerts\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNational Weather Service\u003c/a\u003e in the \u003cspan style=\"color: #545454\"\u003eThe \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #545454\"\u003eNational Oceanic and\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #545454\"\u003e Atmospheric Administration \u003c/span\u003ewhich is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt was \u003cstrong\u003edelivered via public-private partnership\u003c/strong\u003e. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ctia.org/your-wireless-life/consumer-tips/wireless-emergency-alerts\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFEMA, FCC and the wireless industry (CTIA) worked together to provide free Wireless Emergency Alerts\u003c/a\u003e (weather warnings, evacuations, AMBER alerts and national emergencies) to WEA-enabled phones with most carriers. \u003ca href=\"http://www.noaa.gov/features/03_protecting/wireless_emergency_alerts.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNOAA provides the weather part of the alerts\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDigital Gov isn’t an idea. It’s the reality that agencies are working on every day, in real life.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are some of your experiences?\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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