35 Gov 2.0 heroes to follow on Twitter

GovFresh’s Luke Fretwell has been conducting interviews with various government 2.0 leaders for the past year, honoring them with the title “Gov 2.0 Hero” (see full list). To celebrate the anniversary of the first interview, Luke has declared June 15 Gov 2.0 Hero Day to further highlight citizens inside and outside government who go above and beyond the call of duty and creatively leverage technology to build a more open, transparent and collaborative democracy.

As part of the celebration, hundreds of folks are tweeting and blogging today about their heroes. Being GovTwit, I thought I would chime in with some of my top heroes who make #gov20 so great on Twitter in particular.

Of course there are the nearly 3,000 government employees, agencies, contractors, politicos and academics that make up the GovTwit directory itself, but whether it’s sharing links, provoking thought or pushing out content, here are 35 Top GovTwits you should be following:

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Steve Lunceford is a strategic communications professional for a leading provider of consulting services to U.S. Federal and state/local governments. He has 20 years experience in media relations/corporate communications (including 10 years in the Public Sector), working on behalf of firms such as Sprint, Choice Hotels International, BearingPoint, RadioShack and the NFL. Steve is also the founder of GovTwit.com, the world’s largest directory of government on Twitter, and is an evangelist for the use of new media technologies to help achieve traditional communications objectives.

5 comments

  1. Beth June 15th, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    Thanks for including me in your list!!!! So cool. :)

  2. Hillary Hartley June 15th, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    Honored to be among such company! So much fun reading all the profiles and posts today. Kudos to Luke on a year well done.

  3. Luke Fretwell June 15th, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    Thank you, Steve! Keep up the great work!

  4. Nick Charney June 15th, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    Agreed – Thanks for the honour. Cheers.

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