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Can government websites be better? Oh yes. Here's your chance to tell the federal web community how 1.usa.gov/nZieQU #dotgov 11:06 AM Sep 26th, 2011 via web
@edmullen Sounds familiar! 11:55 AM Sep 19th, 2011 via web in reply to edmullen
sheiladcusa Starting now: Nat'l Dialog on Improving Federal Websites. Share, vote, & comment on ideas. Spread the word! bit.ly/pjHWVx #dotgov 11:33 AM Sep 19th, 2011 via web Retweeted by craigstoltz and 10 others
FCC seeking feedback on its newish site: http://beta.FCC.gov. Leading edge federal webwork? Too cool by half? I, for one, admire it.#Gov20 11:54 AM Apr 22nd, 2011 via web
@sanchezjb Readability score via MSWord: Tools/Options/Spelling&Grammar/Show readability stats. Complete spell/grmr check 2 see readability 11:21 AM Apr 22nd, 2011 via web in reply to sanchezjb
Recent OMB Plain Writing Guidance has a readability score of 29.2 [of 100] and grade level of 13.2. Evidence of why it's needed, I suppose. 10:54 AM Apr 22nd, 2011 via web
Fed web launch today: www.saferproducts.gov. 15-day [!] delay between reporting an unsafe product and its showing up in public database#gov2 10:36 AM Mar 11th, 2011 via web
Did you know that .ly link shorterners are routed through Libya? Gov 2.0ers take note. See http://tinyurl.com/4tpxeza 9:58 AM Feb 23rd, 2011 via web
Considering exchanging my new LG Ally smartphone for Motorola Droid X. Ally screen too small. Droid too big for pocket? Advice? 12:32 PM Nov 11th, 2010 via web
"Plain language" is now federal law. Here is the utterly unreadable text: http://bit.ly/cuSCyj. [Laws and regs are exempted. Ahem.] 7:21 AM Oct 15th, 2010 via web
Check out the crispy-clean, dynamic redesign of FBI.gov. Most Wanted iPhone app is cool, but I like the Predators & Missing Persons widget 6:54 AM Oct 15th, 2010 via web
Plain language in government: Not just a rarity, but it's [almost] the law! http://bit.ly/bI2b2E 7:29 AM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
Healthcare.gov has joined the Facebook universe at http://www.facebook.com/Healthcare.gov. Like it? Say so! Don't? Say so! 10:01 AM Sep 27th, 2010 via web
Check out Federal Register "2.0" beta--nice refresh for a hoary old institution, with some socmed twists: federalregister.gov #gov20 #open 1:53 PM Sep 22nd, 2010 via web
HealthCareGov Check out CuidadodeSalud.Gov, the first of its kind Spanish-language website connecting consumers with coverage http://bit.ly/8Yik3y 10:29 AM Sep 8th, 2010 via web Retweeted by craigstoltz and 20 others
I wonder why all federal agencies aren't signed up to use go.usa.gov, the feds' 'official' url shortener, for linking to fed URLs 9:52 AM Aug 23rd, 2010 via web
Brilliant new gov health app from Nat Lib Medicine--Pillbox visual med identifier http://pillbox.nlm.nih.gov/ 6:04 AM Jul 19th, 2010 via web
@Doctor_V Some see my avatar as diabolical. Others see Uncle Fester. 8:46 AM Jul 10th, 2010 via web in reply to Doctor_V
@Doctor_V thanks for your kind words re: healthcare.gov, Dr. V! Our favorite compliment is that it doesn't look like a .gov site. 4:59 AM Jul 7th, 2010 via web in reply to Doctor_V
how I spent my summer: www.healthcare.gov. Launched today. Bang on it and let me know! 6:01 AM Jul 1st, 2010 via web

Name Craig Stoltz
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Bio Gov2.0er at HHS, former WashPost journalist. Opinions my own, not the U.S. Gov's. You knew that.