Rialtas.net – Government 2.0

Article By Doug Beizer on Federal Computer Week.

Members of Congress will be able to use Web sites such as YouTube and Twitter to communicate with constituents under new regulations adopted by the House Administration Committee.

The ability to use those Web 2.0 sites was threatened this summer when rules about the use of such sites were proposed to keep members from spending public money for political messages.

Rep. John Culberson, (R-Texas), who uses Twitter, applauded the new rules, which were announced Oct. 2.

“Truly a victory for all those seeking increased transparency in our government, the use of online video and other online technologies,” he said in a Web posting.

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See also the Sunlight Foundation’s ‘CapitolTweets‘ Widget, the widget  updates  every 10 minutes with the latest tweets from members of Congress.

Here also is Congresspedia‘s List of Members of Congress who Twitter.

I suggested something similar could perhaps be helpful for Dail Eireann in an Earlier Post, Just add Twitter