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Lists the top ten twitter profiles amongst various government resources:  

Local Australian government has entered the social media landscape to initiate discussion on public issues:  

Stan is writing about the U.K.'s government twitter guide.

"New government guidance has been published urging civil servants to use the micro-blogging site Twitter."

So is Twitter a new channel for government messages?

About the power of online Social Networks in restrictive countries:

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A great article on the different types of users of social networks.

Jeremiah Owyang reflects on how the younger generations are influenced by the social networking tools today.

Thanks to Twitter and his email list, I know almost daily what's going on in the Obama camp. (I think today he's volunteering somewhere around Washington DC...)