We have stumbled upon the American Red Cross's Twitter page today. It is really great that public services are taking up the use of new technologies so quickly.

There is nothing on their main web page to indicate that they are using Twitter though, we couldn't find it anyway. Maybe they need a Twitter Badge to let people know!

Are there any other public services that you know of that are using Twitter? Let us know in the comments!

UPDATE - There is more info on the service here in this blog entry .  There is two parts to the service actually.  The second part (and second twitter account) is here at twitter.com/safeandwell.  This part of the service is intended for disasters where people get lost, hurt and killed.  It will be used to locate people and families and victims can reunite or be reassured that loved ones are indeed OK.