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This is a collection of tools for an Open Government Partnership communications team, including the OGP's tips on blogging, branding, talking points, press guide, etc.
While this is specifically created for Open Government Partnership partners, it it can be adapted for other public sector initiatives, services, or programs.

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Publisher

Open Government Partnership

Discipline or practice

Open Government

Link to toolkit

https://www.opengovpartnership.org/resources/point-of-contacts-communications-toolkit

Source files

Editable document

About this resource

Type

Guidance

Features

Tactics

Techniques

Tips&Tricks

Country/Territory

United States

Date Published

License

CC BY Attribution

Formats

Web-based resource

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