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Your Government in Action

Posted: Sep 23, 2008 by Lindsey Robbins | with no comments |
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Did you know your government – federal, state, and local – is in the grassroots information network? If you thought twitter was just micro blogging the latest celebrity or personal news gossip then you’re missing out on the information underground. I keep finding cool people/organizations to follow. Recently, I found a bunch of interesting government related ones I’m excited about. I can’t wait to see how they tweet.

Thought, I’d share of a few notable ones but remember to check on the person you are following to make sure they are the real deal.

Dipnote http://twitter.com/dipnote Department of State
Greenversations http://twitter.com/Greenversations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
CSIState http://twitter.com/CSIState State Dept travel warnings
HomelandSecurit http://twitter.com/HomelandSecurit US Homeland Security
NIHforHealth http://twitter.com/NIHforHealth NIH Communications — the voice of the nation's medical research agency.
TSABlogTeam http://twitter.com/TSABlogTeam TSA quick notes about their blog. (did you know TSA had their own blog?)
NASA http://twitter.com/NASA NASA news feed.

(they have separate twitter feeds for specific nasa missions)
SenateFloor http://twitter.com/SenateFloor United States Senate floor vote links
HouseFloor http://twitter.com/HouseFloor United States House floor
USAgov http://twitter.com/USAgov Official web portal of the U.S. federal government
SCGOV http://twitter.com/SCGOV The Official Web Site of the State of South Carolina
5541111 / Crime Stoppers - CHS http://twitter.com/5541111 Latest News from Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry; a citizen, media and police co-operative program designed to involve the public in the fight against crime.

My favorites to watch so far are the State and House floor. No one really wants to watch CSPAN but don't you kinda want to know what your government is doing during the day? Also, I see a lot of potential in twitter for feeds like the crimestoppers. They could do amber alerts and breaking news alerts right to your feed. News in the twitter world can faster than the real news. This has all be fun for me to watch. It's your government, by the people, for the people - in action!


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