By Kajal Gheewala
The Council for Excellence in Government and Geico have teamed up to launch a social networking tool, comparable to MySpace.com and Facebook.com, for people under the age of 35 working for the federal government.
As of last month, YoungFeds.org offers message boards, blogs, video and audio clips and advice for young professionals in government.
David Roberts, 26, one of the organizers of the Web site, said that users will soon be able to create profiles, add friends and find other employees in their respective agencies.
“YoungFeds will hopefully become not only a networking tool, but also will be controlled by users. This site is for them so they will want to create their own sense of a community,” said Roberts.
“People under 35 make up about one-fifth of the federal government and so they feel isolated,” said Timothy Birner, one of the advisory members of the site in a group named “35 under 35,” or “35