U.S. Government Twitters for Travelers
Travel Blog • Julia Ross • 10.15.08 | 10:05 AM ET
We were pretty impressed after learning that the State Department had embraced using Twitter and its pithy 140-character messages to issue travel warnings. Now it appears the trend is spreading among U.S. government agencies. The Silicon Alley Insider gives seven U.S. government agencies props for employing Twitter as a way to disseminate information quickly.
Among the agencies supplying useful tweets to travelers: Peace Corps and Transportation Security Administration. Homeland Security’s got a Twitter feed, as well, but the Insider says the agency is better off without it.
Related on World Hum:
* State Department Travel Advisories Now Available on Twitter
Photo by Benimoto via Flickr (Creative Commons).
The Samsung Handy 11.25.08 | 6:14 AM ET
I’m always using Twitter especially when I travel. I find Twitter very useful because information or updates can spread fast via Twitter. My friends and family are using this, too.