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Podcast: Securing Social Media: The Long Shadow of Bad Habits

News and views on social media in state and local government in one tidy little package.



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Fox and Sirius XM Security Analyst Morgan Wright, who also serves as a Senior Fellow for the Center for Digital Government, discusses building better security defenses for public agencies with regulars Dustin Haisler, Anil Chawla and Paul Taylor.  Also in this episode, Facebook's struggles with managing "post wars" in the wake of the police shooting of unarmed black men and a pair of gunman ambushes of police officers. See more on Morgan from the Center for Digital Government.

Plus, we announce the dates of the next GovTech Social Unconference — we're coming to Galvanize in Denver, Colo.! Attendance is limited, so get your free ticket now. We'll kick things off on Thursday, Oct. 6, with a full day of interactive sessions, feed you lunch (for free) and wrap things up by noon on Friday, Oct. 7. Reserve your spot now.

Anil has been busy with a new video column and a debut column on the Huffington Post.

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Paul W. Taylor is Programming and Media Manager at TVW, Washington's Public Affairs Network. He is the former Chief Content Officer and Executive Editor at e.Republic Editorial and of its flagship titles - Governing and Government Technology. He can be reached X/@pwtaylor or @pwtaylor.bsky.social
Dustin Haisler is the chief innovation officer of Emergency Management’s parent company e.Republic. Previously the finance director and later CIO for Manor, Texas, a small city outside Austin, Haisler quickly built a track record and reputation as an early innovator in civic tech. As chief innovation officer, Haisler has a strategic role to help shape the company’s products, services and future direction. Primarily, he leads e.Republic Labs, a market connector created as an ecosystem to educate, accelerate and ultimately scale technology innovation within the public sector.