There’s a dozen different channels already linked to a growing list of government agencies posting video on a variety of subjects.

The White House, NASA, CDC, Library of Congress, FEMA, NOAA, the Food and Drug Administration, Veterans Affairs, Department of Education and Social Security all have YouTube Channels, and the list is growing.

We’ve been watching the trend explode in the past couple of years, after companies and corporations starting getting wise to the fact that they can connect directly with customers or prospects online, especially through video.

www.youtube.com/usgovernment

Check out whitehouse.gov/newmedia/ to see how new media is being embraced by the new administration.

The Library of Congress has a Flickr photo stream www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress