Jared Cohen, left, and Alec Ross with mobile devices at the ready. Michele Asselin for The New York TimesDigital Diplomacy -- New York Times
It was a Wednesday night in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, and Jared Cohen, the youngest member of the State Department’s policy planning staff, and Alec Ross, the first senior adviser for innovation to the secretary of state, were taking their tweeting very seriously. Cohen had spent the day in transit from D.C.; Ross hadn’t eaten anything besides a morning muffin. Yet they were in the mood to share, and dinner could wait. It wasn’t every day they got to tweet about visiting the headquarters of Twitter.
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My Comment: Another article that outlines the importance and impact of social networks and new technologies on all aspects of government (and governing).
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