govgab

USA.gov, America's Home Page, has introduced Gov Gab: Your U.S. Government Blog. It's a new feature written by what seems to be five different people (a new blogger for each day of the work week). Entries seem to be mildly entertaining (check out what Nancy has to say about copyright-free images), to somewhat useful (Marybeth provides good-to-know info about international travel), to unfortunately boring (Monday blogger Jake opens with: "I look forward to writing, but I didn’t really know what to do my first blog about..." um, get to the point, Jake). Not sure what the point of it all is. I mean, who wants to read a blog about government information. Oh, wait...

blogit

A new site from the GSA (the Government Services Administration (i.e. that building down the street from Thurston) compiles government agency blogs that are actually... interesting!! While the list is paltry (at best), the ten blogs listed cover current events from the Peace Corps, the Smithsonian, and even the flu panedemic.