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Monday, March 6, 2023

Fancy This! ~ Another Timeline: blog posts | Editorial Opininon

While this reporter waits for news worth reporting, here is a list of blog posts that I wrote over the years, that might assist in understanding this writer.

Editorial Opinion: This Dadaist Sorts Hats

Word For The Day: Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property

Word for the Day: Social Media

Word for the Day: Executive Session

Word for the Day: Special Meeting

Note: Creekside News Journal is the Press ### notification for the 

Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) special meetings 

Government Social Media Policy

The usage of the Internet websites, tech knowledge and social media businesses changed the landscape for government entities. The DOT/GOV Act of 2020, was passed by the Federal Government for all government entities to utilize and give trust to being at an actual government location. Cybersecurity was also provided to DOT/GOV websites.

(blog archive July 16, 2022)

With the growing usage of social media, word definitions as well as recognizing the position or usage of these words is of the utmost importance. The DaDa art movement at the end of WWI grew out of the colliding times of politics. My blog article, This Dadaist Sorts Hats defines these definitions.

In 2011, the FTC defined its first opinion / warning to professionals utilizing social media as a tool in their advertising and marketing campaigns: 

"Social media advertising is subject to the same rules and standards as traditional advertising. The FTC's focus is on the integrity of the communications from the marketer to the consumer - whether the communications are accurate, transparent and non-deceptive. In other words, brands must tell the truth, not exaggerate any claims and be transparent through the disclosures and disclaimers." Holland and Knight, LLP / JDSupra 

Roughly eight years, professional advertising and marketing firms brainstorm and develop their programs to comply with the FTC warning for conducting business utilizing social media platforms. 

As social media platforms multiply and expand more tools to the consumers to use on the internet, the FCC finds a need to become involved in monitoring whether the communications are accurate, transparent and non-deceptive. 

By 2019, politicians form a bill that passes in congress as the DOT/GOV Act 2020.

During this same time period, the FCC and FTC suggested that government entities write their own Government Social media policy. 

Elected officials should be held to the same policies as other government employees. Elected officials also need to make sure that their social media use complies with laws about campaigning and open meeting laws. 

The DOTGOV Act of 2020

 

DOTGOV ONLINE TRUST
IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 2019

A committee of U.S. legislatures worked
for years on what eventually
passes as the DOTGOV Act of 2020.

Whether Federal, State or Local government, the Act was to help the public trust accessing online internet websites.

The public needed to know that (dot)gov was official and offered cybersecurity.  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced on
March 08, 2021 that it would begin overseeing the .gov top-level domain (TLD) in April 2021.

In Arkansas there is a suburban improvement district that is a local government group with five elected board of commissioners (BOC). The BOC writes regulations, oversee a tax budget of nearly $3 million to operate a water department, road department, fire department, recreation center, two golf courses and a marina.The office buildings, a clubhouse, plus a restaurant, and a campground. The website for the Holiday Island Suburban District (HISID) has not transitioned itself into the (dot)gov, even though it is a government entity that collects payments online.

The same local area, as recent as January 2021 was additionally voted upon to become a City.  Currently there is an elected seven member board that will increase to eight members in 2023 with the creation of Wards.

"A momentous $200 million worth of federal cybersecurity grant money is slated to come to state and local governments this year, with another $800 million arriving over the next three years. Localities are to be the biggest recipients; with 80 percent of the funds promised to them." (source)

Holiday Island (City of the 2nd class) did not create an online presence with a DOTGOV domain name. This government entity operates as volunteers. Those volunteers utilize free resources for an Internet presence as well as educating themselves on operations.

Back in 2021, when they held full ZOOM meetings during the pandemic, there were professionals attempting to get their attention, both tech firms and this reporter, that there was this new DOTGOV Act.

At that time, it would have been perfect for a new start-up city or any new government entity. A one-year grace period for registration fees. Now, to get compliant will create more work and money lost from the grants. 

Update Aug. 1, 2022

Cyber Insurance Price Hike Hits Local Governments Hard

Some rates have more than doubled, and many insurers require
new security protections.