If you’re an advanced Tweeter, you’ve probably started the purging process and are now updating your account(s) to reflect changes in the House and Senate. If not, maybe this will help you get started. Or there’s always the unofficial list for the 112th Congress to make sure you don’t leave anyone out. Researchers at HP Labs have narrowed the list down to the 100 most influential members of Congress on Twitter based on an analysis of 22 million tweets. They developed an algorithm to identify “influential users,” who “not only catch the attention of their followers” but “also overcome their followers’ predisposition to remain passive,” Ethan…
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We hear kids these days are mighty fond of the Twitter and the Facebook, so we decided to get in on the act. You can sign up to follow our Twitter account here, and FedLine’s Facebook page can be found here. Federal Times also has its own Facebook page here, in case you get tired of playing Mafia Wars and want the latest federal government news.
The Government Accountability Office wants you to interact with the agency online through its Twitter feed and YouTube page. The GAO joins more than 50 federal agencies plus dozens of members of Congress in reaching out to the public through Twitter, though the GAO has a way to go to adopt the casual, abbreviated style of writing prominent on Twitter. Its most recent Twitter post may not be scintillating enough to draw many new users into GAO reports: GAO-09-567, Tax Administration: IRS Should Evaluate Penalties and Develop a Plan to Focus Its Effort” The GAO maintains two Twitter accounts, one…
Earlier this week I wrote about how FDA was using Twitter to tweet about product recalls. But that’s not the only agency that uses Twitter to share information in a crisis. The FBI tweets too. And is tweeting right now to let folks know that agency hostage negotiators are on their way from Albany to Binghamton, N.Y. to respond to the shooting and ongoing hostage situation there.