What a great idea to assist in better communications with the NYC residents!

From Elizabeth Montalbano of Information Week

“New York City is looking to enhance its transparency efforts by hiring an expert in Web 2.0 technologies to help the city leverage social media and mobile technologies to communicate better with its residents.

In a first for the city, it’s seeking a chief digital officer “to help develop forward-thinking policies on social media, digital communications, Web 2.0 initiatives, and other tools to better serve the public,” according to a City of New York department of information technology and telecommunications (DoITT) job vacancy notice.”

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