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Twitter Launches @Gov to Provide Updates from its Government and Politics Team

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Posted December 11, 2011 with 56 reads

Keywords: #twitter, @Gov, News, Social Media & Networking, twitter

Amid what has been a flurry of Twitter update news this past week, the site has launched an @Gov account to track creative and effective uses of Twitter for civic engagement.

This is a feature I recently mentioned Twitter was lacking (when writing about Google’s G+ guide for politics and government). This could help source and share some great content, very interested to see where it goes…

http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/378138859/townhallbg.jpg);">Welcome to @gov! Stay tuned for best practices, case studies and other updates from the Twitter Government & Politics team…December 8, 2011 12:35 pm via TweetDeck ReplyRetweetFavorite@govGov't & Politics

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