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5 Lessons from the Birth of a Government Blog

By Greg Palmer

How did I convince one of the world's largest bureaucracies to enter the blogosphere? Trust me, it wasn't easy. NYC's Department of Education serves over a million students in 1,600+ schools and changing institutional momentum among 135,000

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"We're looking into it" = We have no idea

"I'll take that under advisement" = Dumb idea; thank God I don't work for you

"Highly Encouraged" = A good thing to do that I have no authority over

"Strongly Suggested" = I can't make you do it, but I can make your life hell if you don't 

"We plan to contract it out" = We have no idea how to do this

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