Collaborative Computing & Gov 2.0

Would you like to boost productivity within your agency? Would you like to improve collaboration among your military personnel? Does your department need to cut costs? Do your federal, state, or local government employees have difficulty finding information and subject matter experts?

NewsGator provides secure computing solutions designed specifically for you. Whether part of the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the armed forces, intelligence agencies or civilian agencies, our Government 2.0 products can help you to better collaborate, manage knowledge, share intelligence, and find experts.

The current administration’s Open Government Initiative mandates that federal organizations cooperate to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public cooperation, and collaboration. Inter- and intra-agency solutions for communities of practice, learning, professional development, and knowledge management are vital to improve the way federal organizations function.

NewsGator solutions have been providing collaborative computing to the government and military for nearly a decade. We strive for intimate customer interactions where feedback and innovation are crucial to our collective success. NewsGator Gov 2.0 solutions enhance and work seamlessly on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS), SharePoint 2010, WSS / WSF platforms, and in hosted environments.
 

Gov 2.0 Software Capabilities

Our Government 2.0 software suite boosts any federal organization’s performance – both inside the entity and out – with the following capabilities:

• Communities - Easily collaborate with peers, other departments and agencies regardless of time & distance   
• Microblogging & Activity Streams - Gain better visibility of peer contributions, community activity, new documents, and latest news
• Knowledge Explorer - Effortlessly find experts and uncover knowledge or intelligence data
• Innovation Management - Drive innovation via simplified generation, capture, and prioritization of ideas    
• Social Profiles - Boost efficiency with personal start pages and public profiles that detail your expertise and social actions
• Security - Control access and protect confidential information with granular security controls    
• Localization - Support country or region specific needs with product localization

Government 2.0 Social Communities Drive Efficiency & Effectiveness

Through the use of social networking and online communities of practice, we’ve helped the government and military achieve the following types of benefits:

• Bridge silos between agencies or military branches
• Improve the safety of military personnel via increased collaboration
• Better share intelligence across departments and agencies
• Increase productivity of federal, state, and/or local employees
• Cut expenses during a time of declining tax revenue and increased public program costs
• Improve agency personnel’s access to experts and information
• Better manage stimulus programs
• Improve transparency and online access to government services
• Enhance situational awareness and decision making
• Better serve citizens and other constituents
• Respond more rapidly during emergencies and natural disasters
• Capture knowledge from retiring workers
• Decrease training and learning costs

Constituency Benefits

Department of Defense:

• Better protect and empower armed forces
• Enhance mission readiness and execution
• Offer a new way for high-ranking command to collaborate and communicate   

Intelligence Agencies:

• Improve protection of the nation’s borders
• Enhance intra-agency collaboration and communication
• Securely transfer knowledge and intelligence data

   
Civilian Agencies:

• Enhance public service
• Increase transparency and openness
• Improve government learning capabilities

Gov 2.0 Thought Leaders & Customers

NewsGator has over 2.5 million users. Our collaborative computing solutions bring a myriad of benefits to different constituencies. Some of our customers include:
 

• Business Development Canada
• Canadian Border Services
• Defense Acquisition University

• Citizen and Immigration Canada
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Defense Research and Development Canada

• Department of Canadian Heritage
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

• General Services Administration

• Health Canada

• International Development Research Centre

• Internal Revenue Service

• National Institutes of Health
• National Sciences and Engineering Research Council

• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Office of Personnel Management

• Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada

• Services Canada
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• U.S. Agency for International Development (US AID)

• U.S. Air Force AETC
• U.S. Air Force, Air University
• U.S. Army, Battle Command Knowledge System

• U.S. Army, Company Command