Who in government is world class in social media use?

There are many role models in government organizations successfully using social media. Here are three great examples:

• The Ontario Provincial Police (http://www.opp.ca/) have been innovating with social media for several years.

• The Province of British Columbia Citizen Engagement (http://www.gov.bc.ca/citz/citizens_engagement/some_guidelines_master.pdf). See this link for the province’s guidelines on using social media within the organization.

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (http://blog.epa.gov/blog). This social media presence is recognized as a world-class example of government organization social media use. The EPA’s general audience stretches across the United States.The blog is a very good example of effective organization. A general blog is updated daily by EPA employees with relevant, accessible and wide ranging articles. More specific blogs run by the EPA are aggregated under a “blogversations” area and tweeted out by a common Twitter username.