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Newsletter | June 2009 Product News: New Web 2.0 Social Media Features Available Web 2.0 and social media is transforming the way government communicates with the public. GovDelivery's Social Media Integration utilizes email; emerging technologies such as YouTube®, Twitter®, and Facebook®; and RSS to enhance communication and promote government services. Government agencies are already creating the content - GovDelivery's Social Media Integration makes distributing the content to social media simple!
To learn more, click on the links below: Press Release: GovDelivery Launches New Web 2.0 Module for Government Webinar: Government Web 2.0: Network Collaboration, Subscription Tag Clouds and Blogs Product overview and feature sheets:
To speak with someone directly, call 866-276-5583 or email us at info@govdelivery.com. 
Minnesota Department of Health Relies on Email & Federal Agency Leadership for Vital Pandemic Flu Communications
MDH has always worked to stay on the cutting edge of communication, providing its residents multiple ways to keep informed, including offering email and text message alerts on health-related topics. MDH, along with a number of its federal counterparts, including the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), use GovDelivery to proactively communicate vital health information to the public. In the two months since the H1N1 outbreak, MDH has sent more than 153,000 flu-related emails to subscribers. The agency has seen an increase in its subscribers since the flu outbreak, growing its subscriber base from just over 22,000 to more than 23,800 subscribers. At the on-set of the pandemic flu crisis (April 27 - May 1, 2009) the CDC also saw a surge in the number of individuals interested in receiving email and text message alerts: new subscribers ranged from 12,000-20,000 people daily. During this same time period, email subscriptions to PandemicFlu.gov information shot up by more than 10x the normal rate due to higher interest and collaboration with CDC, FDA, and other partners. Average new subscribers exceeded 3,000 per day versus the previously established average of approximately 215. HHS also deployed a PandemicFlu.gov news widget streaming up-to-date information on the outbreak. Within the first two weeks over 240 web pages installed the widget. To-date, the widget has been viewed nearly 1.7 million times, by over 650,000 unique users across the U.S. and globally. Since launching GovDelivery's Email and Digital Subscription Management solution in July 2004, MDH has sent more than 3.6 million emails, relating to more than 110 unique topics, to its now more than 24,000 subscribers. To view an example email, sent out by MDH, click here.
Excellence in Communication Award Recognizes Government Innovators The Excellence in Communication award recognizes government entities that demonstrate innovation and leadership in proactive government-to-citizen communication. Presented quarterly, GovDelivery celebrates agencies that take an innovative approach to improve communication and service to the public through effective communication channels, collaboration, and compelling content. Inaugural Excellence in Communication Award winners: The U.S. Government Printing Office and Washington Department of Transportation
Washington Department of Transportation Wins Excellence in Communication Award
With nearly 5.9 million residents in Washington State, the Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has a large audience expecting up-to-date information on transportation issues such as construction projects and road closings. WSDOT replaced its unreliable system of more than 70 independent email distribution lists with GovDelivery's Email and Digital Subscription Management solution to automatically send email and text message updates on more than 160 unique topics. 
Washington DOT was selected from the more than 130 state and local governments across the United States, that work with GovDelivery, as the inaugural winner of this award. Since launching the system in November 2008, Washington DOT has signed up nearly 35,000 subscribers and sent more than 2.6 million email alerts to its stakeholders, improving service and communication with the public. To receive email updates from WSDOT, click here.
GovDelivery Moves, Still Calls Saint Paul Home GovDelivery has relocated its corporate headquarters to the historic Hamm Building in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. This location is our third location in Saint Paul since GovDelivery's founding in 1999 and establishes Saint Paul as the company's home for future growth. "GovDelivery helped Saint Paul meet the expectation that government be more connected and transparent to its residents. We're proud that we have been able to help GovDelivery meet the needs of its employees as it has grown from a startup into an industry leader," said Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. "GovDelivery's decision to grow its headquarters and stay in Saint Paul is a sign that the company's future is bright and that the city is becoming a growing center for technology innovation in the Upper Midwest." The City of Saint Paul was GovDelivery's first government client and began using the company's email and digital subscription management platform in 2001. Today, more than 37,000 people receive updates from the city through GovDelivery on a range of important topics including snow emergencies, City Council meetings, city festivals, and programs in its parks and libraries. GovDelivery joins other technology companies to bring economic growth to Saint Paul: About the Hamm Building, Saint Paul, Minn.: |
The Minnesota Department of Health's (MDH) mission is to protect, maintain and improve the health of all Minnesotans. The April 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus ("swine flu") became a global cause for concern and the Minnesota Department of Health quickly responded by creating a 
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