First a Computer, Now Twitter: Neuman Pushes Executive Office into 21st Century

It is well-documented how shocked Laura Neuman was when she walked into her office as newly appointed executive for Anne Arundel County, only to find the room was without a computer—or even access to the Internet, for that matter.

Within a day, she had a computer and was online.

She recently jumped into another realm that is foreign to county executives in Anne Arundel County, but almost standard for politicians across the country and state; Neuman is now on the microblogging platform Twitter.

Neuman's office confirmed to Patch an account established for the executive, where she and her staff will share information and interact with residents through the social media site.

She had eight tweets as of Thursday afternoon, including the following:

On my way to Police Academy Graduation....2 classes graduating today!

— Laura Neuman (@LauraNeumanExec) April 25, 2013

With the official Twitter account, Neuman joins the likes of Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, with whom she has worked closely in recent years, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, Governor Martin O'Malley, and  state Delegate Nic Kipke.

Neuman's office said the county executive hopes to branch out to more social networks like Facebook and Flickr, as an effort to involve more residents in the processes of county government.