Iowa Senators 100% in Feeds and Podcasts

By on July 5, 2006 in Conversations, RSS Feeds with 4 Comments

Mark Woodman at inkBlots shares his findings from a survey of US Senate sites that publish content feeds. Only 25 percent offer a feed or podcast of their news items. Mark also found this tidbit:

"Another interesting aspect is that only two states have feeds for both of their senators: Colorado and Iowa. That means the other 21 states have senators who apparently don’t bother to unify/sync their communications efforts. (It might also just mean their webmasters don’t talk to each other.)"

Chuck Grassley (R IA) – feed | podcast
Tom Harkin (D IA) – feed | podcast

Well done!

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  • http://www.OwnYourBrand.com Michael Wagner

    Good find Mike! And a good example for the rest of Iowa’s business community. It is not too often that politicians lead the way in communication. I wonder who might learn from this?!

  • J.D.

    You expect government workers to be tech savvy enough to know what they’re doing? Shoot, they only got the job because of their brother or their friend. ;)
    I’ve learned rather quickly that unless it’s a military apparatus, civilians are going to develop and understand it a lot more quickly than the government.

  • http://www.converstations.com Mike Sansone

    Mike and JD…I agree that the state leaders using feeds is a good thing, and if they got together a team of tech savvy workers (relatives?), so be it.
    Even in business, we must use all of our strength to deliver the goods and services, right?

  • http://www.qaqna.com/ Tom Vander Well

    Even more evidence in the subtle, oft overlooked greatness of Iowa ;)

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