Gizmodo is reporting that all bureaus in the Department of Interior, including the U.S. Park Service, have been banned from using Twitter. This may or may not be related to a retweet by the NPS on Friday that showed pictures of the crowds at the 2009 and 2017 Presidential inaugurations.

Gizmodo said the text below is from an internal NPS email:

All:

We have received direction from the Department through [the Washington Support Office] that directs all [Department of Interior] bureaus to immediately cease use of government Twitter accounts until further notice.

PWR parks that use Twitter as part of their crisis communications plans need to alter their contingency plans to accommodate this requirement. Please ensure all scheduled posts are deleted and automated cross-platform social media connections to your twitter accounts are severed. The expectation is that there will be absolutely no posts to Twitter.

In summary, this Twitter stand down means we will cease use of Twitter immediately. However, there is no need to suspend or delete government accounts until directed.

This does not affect use of other approved social media platforms. We expect further guidance to come next week and we will share accordingly.

Thanks for your help!

Presumably this ban includes messages about road conditions and real time information about fires and other emergencies.

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UPDATE at 2:47 p.m. MT January 21, 2017: The Washington Post also reported on this story.

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UPDATE at 10 a.m. MT January 22,2017: As the submitted comments began to veer away from the decision to ban tweets that could include important, urgent information for citizens, and the conversation moved into the political realm, we closed comments for this article.