Dear Colleagues: The latest radio show for the Internet (podcast) is available from the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency. The series is titled “DC Public Safety.”
The topic is the use of Day Reporting to assist and supervise criminal offenders.The address for “DC Public Safety” television and radio programs is http://media.csosa.gov.An article on CSOSA Podcasting is available from the How E-Government is Changing Society project. It’s on our web site, www.csosa.gov. Another article form Tech Beat Magazine from the Department of Justice is also available.As always, we appreciate your interest in the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
Best, Len Sipes
“A National Model of Public Communications”
According to recent Internet searches, “DC Public Safety” is one of the most popular criminal justice and reentry podcasts in the country.“DC Public Safety” recorded 430,000 hits since its inception. See http://www.usdoj.gov/fbci/progmenu_whatsnew.htmlfor an example of how the show is being used by the Department of Justice. See http://www.justicetalking.org/resources.aspfor the resource page of “Justice Talking” from National Public Radio. We are on the podcast page for USA.GOVhttp://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/Podcasts/PublicSafety.shtml.We are also featured by the National Institute of Corrections http://nicic.org/Library/022301.We have been referred to as “A national model of public communications,” by Jane Browning, Executive Director of the International Community Corrections AssociationWe are now one of the top television programs (government and organizational category) for AOL Video, Digg.com and other rating services.
Leonard A. Sipes, Jr.
Senior Public Affairs SpecialistCourt Services and Offender Supervision Agency633 Indiana Ave. Washington, D.C. 20004
(a federal, executive branch agency)202-220-5616 (work) 240-882-8274 (cell)www.csosa.gov; leonard.sipes@csosa.govhttp://media.csosa.gov (radio and television shows for the Internet)
Leonard A. Sipes, Jr
Senior Public Affairs Specialist
Court services and Offender Supervision Agency
(A federal, executive branch agency)
http://media.csosa.gov (radio and television shows for the Internet)
www.csosa.gov