7.2.2: Communications Office Collaborates with State and Local Governments

Maintain a close working relationship with state and local organizations.

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GSA’s Office of Communication and Citizen Services and Communications maintains a close working relationship with state and local organizations. GSA exchanges best practices in government procurement, stimulus spending, social media, and IT leadership with state and local governments. GSA serves as a conduit to state associations such as, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), the National Association for State Procurement Officials (NASPO), and the National Association for State Budgeting Officials (NASBO). GSA serves as the liaison with the states for the Federal Acquisition Services state and local working group. GSA also channels news about state and local use of GSA contracts. GSA’s collaborations across levels of government also include: * Working with NASCIO to inform their members of important federal programs, such as the federal Terms of Service for social media; compliance with the Recovery Act; the federal cloud computing initiative; and federal use of virtual environments. * Conducting bi-monthly webinars for OMB officials, federal CIOs, and state and local government representatives to discuss policies and programs. * Supporting a community of web content managers for states, the largest 100 cities, and others, by offering bi-monthly webinars about how to introduce them to GSA’s web manager support, e.g., USA.gov, USASearch, GobiernoUSA.gov, www.webcontent.gov, Web Manager University, and social media.

Stakeholder(s):

• Communications Office


• National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)


• National Association for State Procurement Officials (NASPO)


• National Association for State Budgeting Officials (NASBO)


• Web Manager University

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