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Rep. Alma Adams and Sen. Katie Dorsett, both Greensboro Democrats, picked up a couple of new titles earlier this month.

Women in Government swore in Adams as a new state director, while Dorsett became chairwoman of the board of directors.

Women in Government is a network of women serving in state legislatures that provides a forum to talk about common policy issues. Rep. Pat Hurley, a Randolph County Republican, is also a state director for the group.

Calling Bev

Scoop got a request from an unknown caller — our favorite kind, just behind heavy breathers who are cussing us out — asking how does one contact that governor of ours. As it turns out, it’s not that hard, although you probably shouldn’t expect to get Gov. Bev Perdue herself on the horn.

“We have an entire constituent service staff who does nothing but answer phone calls, e-mails and letters,” said Chrissy Pearson, communications director for Perdue. “You will get a response no matter how you contact this office.”

Because they field hundreds, if not thousands, of calls and letters every week, Pearson said correspondents may have to wait a week or two for a reply.

“We do ask for patience,” she said.

That said, here are the digits:

The constituent services office handles requests for help with various problems.

Office of the Governor

Constituent Services Office

116 West Jones Street

Raleigh, NC 27603

Phone: (800) 662-7952 or (919) 733-2391

Fax: (919) 733-2120

governor.office@nc.gov

There’s also a Web-mail form at www.governor.state. nc.us/forms/contact.aspx

If you don’t have a problem or a request but just want to give Perdue a piece of your mind, try this:

Office of the Governor

20301 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699-0301

Phone: (919)733-4240

Fax: (919)733-2120

And finally, if you prefer the Internet route, Perdue’s office is on Twitter at:

http://twitter.com/ncgovoffice and Facebook at:

www.facebook.com/pages/Bev-Perdue/11552180685

Staff writers Mark Binker, Joe Killian and Amanda Lehmert contributed.