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Twitter in Government – Part 1: The Policies

Twitter logoThere’s a lot of momentum behind getting government connected to the people via social media. In effort to breakdown “what it takes” to get government on board, I’m writing this multi-part series on Twitter in Government. In the upcoming weeks I’ll discuss everything from the policies that govern adoption to the people who are responsible for posting Tweets and the processes for effectively doing that in the federal government. At the end of the day, my goal is to see an increase in two main things: 1) understanding of what it takes to adopt Twitter in the federal government and 2) the continuation of building an interactive presence online between government and its constituents. My knowledge comes through working with two federal agencies, several state …