Topic - Public Communications

This page summarizes Government Innovators Network content about Public Communications.

This section deals with innovations in conveying organizational messages to the public. It includes advertising, branding, community education, community outreach, marketing, publicity, inter-agency communication, intra-agency communication, and damage control. Various articles relate to media, media affairs, media policy, and media relations. Issues of the press and press relations (and public relations in general) are covered. In addition, the role of the press in shaping public policy is explored.

moreMost Relevant News

Regulations.gov wins praise for public outreach (42%)
Nextgov
May 6, 2009

Talk to Me: Why Communication Within City Hall Matters (24%)
Next American City
August 4, 2009

Military-Backed Public Schools on the Rise in U.S. (24%)
Education Week
June 4, 2009

Public Safety Faces Collaboration Challenges in Pursuit of Broadband Stimulus Funds, Says Expert (23%)
Government Technology
July 7, 2009

10 Rules for being a good government Twitterer (22%)
OhMyGov!
November 16, 2009

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moreMost Relevant Documents

Prosecution in the Community: A Study of Emergent Strategies (100%)
Catherine M. Coles, George L. Kelling
Wiener Center for Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
September 1, 1998

The Political Economy of Transparency: What Makes Disclosure Policies Effective? (84%)
Archon Fung, David Weil, Mary Graham, Elena Fagotto
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
March 1, 2004

Get Results Through Performance Management: An Open Memorandum to State and Local Government Executives (76%)
Executive Session on Public Sector Performance Management, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government

January 1, 2001

Get Results Through Performance Management: An Open Memorandum to Federal Government Executives (70%)
Executive Session on Public Sector Performance Management, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government

January 1, 2001

Recent Changes in Health Policy for Low-Income People in Mississippi (65%)
Barbara A. Ormond, Frank C. Ullman
Urban Institute
February 1, 2002

On the Edge of Community Development (62%)
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
January 1, 2003

Creating an Effective Foundation to Prevent Youth Violence: Lessons Learned from Boston in the 1990s (58%)
Anthony Braga and Christopher Winship
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, John F. Kennedy School of Government
September 1, 2005

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