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GovTwit Launched

Stay in touch with state and local government agencies and people.

Twitter, a social networking site that allows users to exchange short messages -- called 'tweets" -- on their activities, has been joined by a state and local government listing called GovTwit. Sponsored by BearingPoint, the site carries tweets from government entities such as the city of NapervilleIL reminding residents to clean sidewalks after winter weather, and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's tweet linking to a fact sheet on his meeting yesterday in Philadelphia with President-Elect Barack Obama.

Wayne E. Hanson served as a writer and editor with e.Republic from 1989 to 2013, having worked for several business units including Government Technology magazine, the Center for Digital Government, Governing, and Digital Communities. Hanson was a juror from 1999 to 2004 with the Stockholm Challenge and Global Junior Challenge competitions in information technology and education.