Alberta gov't employees to get schooled in social media

The Alberta government is imposing a new social media policy for employees. They will now need approval and training should they be required to use sites such as Twitter or Facebook as part of their job. During Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership review, he promised to do a better job communicating, including using social media sites. Since then, several government Twitter and Facebook accounts as well as blogs have started up. "There is a big role for social media in communication and we want to take advantage of that," said Tom Olsen, director of new media and Internet for the provincial government. Now the government believes it's time for some guidelines to be implemented showing employees how they should conduct themselves in the Internet.