The King of Twitter

The UK government has appointed Andrew Stott as Director of Digital Engagement, a role that will be focused on making better use of social media, Web 2.0 technologies and other online tools as a means of migrating various services online. More information is available here. The Director's Twitter handle is DirDigEng.

This is actually a pretty good idea given that it can allow government to communicate more effectively with those who pay its bills, and can potentially reduce the cost of managing information within government. Flattening the hierarchy that exists within government can have some clear advantages.