How can state and local government use twitter to better accomplish their missions?
Several states have a presence on Twitter. Although they are all trying to figure out a strategy, some are more advanced than others.
Here’s a quick run-down:
1. Utah
Recently voted as the “most-connected” state, Utah has several twitter feeds including 
UtahGov, which tweets on state government news and provides some re-tweets of important announcements. Also tweeting for the state are David Fletcher, Utah’s CTO as well as Bob Woolley, Chief Technical Architect for the state’s Department of Technical Services.
Fletcher is one of the leaders behind the initiative to wire the state which has already moved so many services online that they shut their offices down on Fridays to let state employees work from home.
Other state of Utah tweeters include the Utah State Senate, Utah State Parks, as well as statewide groups such as Utah Technical Council, libararians Utah Hive and enterprise conference Global Entrepreneurship Week Utah.
2. Washington State
Get traffic updates from Washington’s State Department of Transportation and voting tips from the Secretary of State.
3. California and Michigan
Two states with tweeting governors are California (find out what it’s like to have lunch with Warren Buffett) and Michigan (mostly retweeting of blog post with some personal tweets:
Congratulations to our world champion Detroit Shock
4. New Hampshire
The 
travel and tourism department for New Hampshire puts a personal touch on their tweets:
Twitter class, eh? I’d be interested to know what they teach in that class! Do graduates get a twiploma?
as well as well-timed pointers on seasonal events:
Take a haunted chairlift ride to the Ghoullog at Cranmore Mountain this weekend. Check visitnh.gov for other spooky happenings this week!
5. Other States
Other states have a Twitter presence, but are just tweeting blog feeds for now. Blog tweeting states include:
One Response
Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.
Continuing the Discussion