DOC - Approved Services

Before opening an account, you must complete an application and receive approval.

 

Category
Service/
Tool
Terms of Service
Notes
Social Networking Services

Facebook logo

FaceBook

Terms of Service agreement

Notes: Under the government TOS agreement, you will maintain the following message in a prominent location on your Facebook page: “If you're looking for the official source of information about about [Government Entity], please visit our homepage at [URL Link]."
To set up a Government Facebook page, here are the instructions (pdf).


MySpace logo

MySpace

Terms of Service agreement
 
Survey
image - Survey monkey logo Survey Monkey No TOS required Notes: No Government TOS required. Use of survey tools require individuals to contact the appropriate General Counsel staff for approval on issues such as records, privacy and employee and labor relations.
Survey Builder Survey Builder Terms of Service agreement  
Multimedia/Photo Sharing Services

YouTube logo

YouTube

Terms of Service agreement


Notes: Videos must be captioned to conform to Section 508 requirements

Flickr logo

Flickr

Terms of Service agreement


Notes: Photos must contain "alt" tags to conform to Section 508 requirements
Ustream.tv logo UStream.tv Terms of Service agreement

Notes: Videos must be captioned to conform to Section 508 requirements
iTunes university logo iTunes University Terms of Service agreement  
Xtranormal Xtranormal No TOS required          Notes: No Government TOS required. Establishing a Xtranormal account must be completed throught the DOC application process to ensure accountability
Social Bookmarking
AddThis logo AddThis Terms of Service agreement  
Blogs/Micro-Blogs
WordPress logo WordPress Terms of Service agreement  
twitterlogo Twitter No TOS required Notes: No Government TOS required. Establishing a Twitter account must be completed throught the DOC application process to ensure accountability
Storify Storify Terms of Service agreement  
Idea Generation/General Discussion
Got Ideas? IdeaScale Terms of Service agreement  
Google Moderator Google Moderator Terms of Service agreement  
LinkedIn Linkedin Terms of Service agreement  
Analytics, Surveys and Search Engine Optimization Tool
Google Analytics Google Analytics Terms of Service agreement  
Social Media Dashboard
Hootsuite Hootsuite Terms of Service agreement  
RSS and other Syndicated Feeds
Google Burner Google Feedburner Terms of Service agreement

 

Maps
ZeeMaps ZeeMaps Terms of Service agreement

 

Training
Drupalize.me Drupalize.me Terms of Service agreement

 

Other Web 2.0 Technologies that require no Terms of Service (TOS) Agreements
Disclaimer: Use of these technologies, hosted on government servers, do not require a Terms of Service agreement. Use of these technologies may be restricted by each OU/Bureau's internal network and CIO policies.
rss feed logo RSS Feeds (atom; etc) No TOS required

 

Podcast logo Podcasts No TOS required

 

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Page last updated February 9, 2011