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June 17, 2010

Everybody's doing it: Maryland General Services department joins Facebook

This isn't really big news or anything of the sort, but you can definitely file this under the category of "EVERYBODY IS NOW ON FACEBOOK."

The Maryland Department of General Services, the state agency that manages state buildings and facilities, now has a Facebook account. To "friend" the agency, search for "Maryland DGS" on Facebook.

From a press release issued today:

“Facebook is one of the nation’s premier new media venues and I believe it is imperative that we should use this valuable communications and networking tool to let those we do business with know that DGS stands for Doing Great Service,” DGS Secretary Alvin C. Collins said.

Is it weird for some to be "friends" with a state agency? I'm interested to see how a state agency like DGS uses their new-found Facebook prowess.

Posted by Gus Sentementes at 10:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: *NEWS*, Government Tech, Social Media

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I think it's great that State agencies are using New Media as a network tool. At DBED, we use Twiter (@MDBiz), Facebook, Linked In, YouTube, Flickr, etc to communicate with our customer's about business in Maryland. We've found it to be a very seffetive way to get feedback and provide useful information to Marylanders.

Posted by: John Marsh | June 17, 2010 11:48 AM

Gus, DGS is one agency it makes sense for. They advertise contracts and also sell surplus state equipment. Smart move, IMO.

Posted by: SXS | June 20, 2010 7:48 AM

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About Gus G. Sentementes

Gus G. Sentementes (@gussent on Twitter) has been writing for The Baltimore Sun since 2000. He's covered real estate, business, prisons, and suburban and Baltimore City crime and cops. He was one of the first reporters at The Sun to use multimedia tools and Web applications -- a video camera, an iPhone -- to cover breaking news. He hopes to cover Maryland geeks and the gadgets and Web sites they build, and learn -- and share -- something new every day.

Gus has a wife, a young daughter and two feuding cats. They live in Northeast Baltimore.

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