Opengov
Barack Obama
This account is run by #Obama2012 campaign staff. Tweets from the President are signed -bo.15,984,992 followers | Follow
The White House
Official WH twitter account. Comments & messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived. Learn more http://wh.gov/privacy2,892,631 followers | Follow
Tim O'Reilly
Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media. Watching the alpha geeks, sharing their stories, helping the future unfold.1,561,028 followers | Follow
Open Government
Official Twitter account of the White House Open Government Initiative456,543 followers | Follow
Alex Howard
Technology Writer & Editor, @Radar, @OReillyMedia. alex@oreilly.com. Intrigued by societal change, taken with ideas, cooking, the outdoors, books, dogs & media.130,002 followers | Follow
ProPublica
We're a non-profit, independent newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Tweets usually from @amandablair and @bydanielvictor.126,900 followers | Follow
Tim Berners-Lee
Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) w3.org, the place to agree on web standards. Founded webfoundation.org - let the web serve humanity69,386 followers | Follow
craignewmark
customer service rep & founder for craigslist & craigconnects. Media inquiries please email: press@craigconnects.org.52,717 followers | Follow
O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators and expert early adopters to everyday users through books, conferences, news reportage, videos, and classes.45,064 followers | Follow
Open Society
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens.37,349 followers | Follow
Disability.gov
Disability.gov is the federal government website for comprehensive information on disability programs and services in communities nationwide.35,286 followers | Follow
startupamerica
We give startups access to the deals & resources and people & events that they need to succeed. Join over 7,500 Startup members here: http://s.co/join27,359 followers | Follow
Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts.27,174 followers | Follow
Nova Spivack
CEO of Bottlenose.com - Serial entrepreneur, social media maven & venture producer. Bio: http//novaspivack.com/about26,464 followers | Follow
OpenSecrets.org
OpenSecrets.org, the website of the Center for Responsive Politics, is THE source for nonpartisan info on the influence of money in politics.Tweets by @evandmac24,853 followers | Follow
Alan Rosenblatt
Blog, teach, & speak about digital politics. Been doing it for more than 20 years. #p2 #TAN Opinions my own.24,580 followers | Follow
O'Reilly Radar
O'Reilly Media's group blog about emerging technologies. Twitter feed managed by Mac Slocum, Alex Howard and Jenn Webb.23,671 followers | Follow
Dr. Mark Drapeau
Microsoft guy creating things for innovators everywhere. Edit @Publicyte, produce @Geek2Chic, co-founded @Hamstrong, advise @StartupDC, help @NFTE.21,643 followers | Follow
Ethan Zuckerman
Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab, Global Voices Online, Berkman Center. Formerly Geekcorps, Tripod. RT ≠ endorsement, RT = interesting read.20,541 followers | Follow
Recovery.Gov
A link to a non-federal site does not constitute an endorsement, and we cannot attest to the accuracy of the information presented on any non-federal site.20,008 followers | Follow
Jim Cashel
Chairman of Forum One, a digital communications firm which works at the nexus of technology, public policy, and online community.19,323 followers | Follow
Dries Buytaert
Creator of Drupal, Drupal project lead, co-founder and CTO of Acquia, and Mollom spam fighter.18,436 followers | Follow
BusinessUSA
This is the official account of BusinessUSA - a federal govt initiative for smallbiz & exporters.17,714 followers | Follow
Doc Searls
Author of The Intention Economy, co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, Fellow of CITS at UCSB, alumnus Fellow of the Berkman Center at Harvard.16,767 followers | Follow
Sunlight Foundation
Working to change the relationship between citizens and their government with Internet technology.15,834 followers | Follow
Macon Phillips (EOP)
An official WH twitter account. Comments & messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived. Learn more wh.gov/privacy14,759 followers | Follow
iWatch News
Investigative journalism from the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom holding power accountable since 1989. Hosted by @sarahwhitmire14,386 followers | Follow
Adriel Hampton
NationBuilder, LegiNation, Gov 2.0 Radio. You don't ask permission to lead. 415-742-284412,724 followers | Follow
Steve Lunceford
GovTwit is the world's largest government social media directory. Managed by @DeloitteGov's @dslunceford & tweeting about Gov 2.0 & Open Government.11,264 followers | Follow
Steve Ressler
Social Network Connecting Gov't Community Passionate about public service innovation10,659 followers | Follow
GSA New Media
Official tweets of the GSA Center for Excellence in Digital Government, supporting Federal-wide New Media & Web. Track #DigitalGovU for training10,579 followers | Follow
Peter Corbett
CEO of @iStrategyLabs. Co-Creator of @getgrandstand @dcweek and @dctechmeetup. Fmr TV exec. Interactive strategist and producer. Makin' it happen since 1980.10,136 followers | Follow
Code for America
Code for America helps governments work better for everyone with the people and the power of the web.9,986 followers | Follow
Micah Sifry
Editor, Writer, Strategist, Agitator. Co-founder Personal Democracy Forum; advisor to Sunlight Foundation9,837 followers | Follow
SusannahFox
Internet geologist. Health care gadfly. Community colleague. Background image by @ReginaHolliday: http://is.gd/8f4TGx9,309 followers | Follow
Jennifer Pahlka
Founder and ED of Code for America. Mom. Keeper of chickens.9,191 followers | Follow
Alan W. Silberberg
Innovator. CEO. Founder @Gov20LA. Communicator. Digital Diplomacy. Think Fast. Don't be afraid.8,844 followers | Follow
Ellen Miller
Co-Founder and ED of Sunlight Foundation. Also founder of Center for Responsive Politics and Public Campaign. Money, power, influence and transparency expert.8,652 followers | Follow
Vivek Kundra
8,160 followers | Follow
Jeffrey Levy, EPA
EPA Director of Web Communications, Co-Chair of the Federal Web Managers Council, Gov't 2.0er.8,022 followers | Follow
Clay Johnson
Confirmation Bias is the new H1N1. I wrote The Information Diet. You should read it: http://amzn.to/infodiet7,935 followers | Follow
Jack Bienko
Jack Bienko | SBA | federal government | gov 2.0 | small business | entrepreneurship | public-private partnerships | alliances | civil service | @jackbienko6,791 followers | Follow
Aron Pilhofer
I run a newsroom team of journalist/developers at The New York Times and co-founder of DocumentCloud.org. Yachtsman.6,774 followers | Follow
Gov 2.0 Events
Twitter account for Gov 2.0 Summit and Gov 2.0 Expo. Tweets by @jaimeywb, @digiphile, @laurelatoreilly.6,731 followers | Follow
Jonathan Rick
@Sprachgefuhl-striving, @NYTimes-reading, @Mashable-contributing, flip flop-wearing, @BlackBerry-carrying swimmer by dawn, social media strategist by day6,250 followers | Follow
Sunlight Network
6,173 followers | Follow
Carl Malamud
Open Source America's Operating System. It's not just a good idea, it's the law.5,690 followers | Follow
David Almacy
@EdelmanDC, fmr Bush White House staffer, husband, soccer dad, politics, @phidelt (ΦΔΘ), @umterps fan. Opinions my own, facts speak for themselves.5,679 followers | Follow
Paul Miller
Cloud Computing/ Big Data/ Open Data/ Linked Data Consultant & Analyst. Podcasting with tech execs. Analyst for GigaOM Pro. Based in the UK, working world-wide.5,445 followers | Follow
Dave Briggs
A self-facilitating (local government innovation) media node. Profile pic by @jjn1. I run @kindofdigital.5,040 followers | Follow
Challenge.gov
Prize & recognition awards for driving innovation & developing solutions with technology & creativity. Enter, vote, share! Government Challenges, Your Solutions4,918 followers | Follow
Beth Simone Noveck
Law Prof and former US Deputy Chief Technology Officer (2009-2011). Author, Wiki Government.4,904 followers | Follow
Lewis Shepherd
Live in Virginia, work in DC and Redmond, play on the web. Director of Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments.4,751 followers | Follow
Katie Dowd
Innovating @ the Department of State. Appreciate chocolate, the sun & learning. Opinions and thoughts expressed here are my own.4,708 followers | Follow
Jake Brewer
Smarter Government, visual story-telling, and the business of making good things (actually) happen.4,588 followers | Follow
techPresident
Personal Democracy Media's news site covering how technology is changing politics. Tweets by @nclarkjudd.4,451 followers | Follow
caseycoleman
Career federal exec and IT professional; love cycling and fitness and dog rescue. Texas Aggie.Passionate about IT and its ability to improve our lives and work.4,366 followers | Follow
NatlSecurityArchive
The National Security Archive, an independent research institution that advocates for government openness and uses FOIA to publish declassified documents4,242 followers | Follow
Steve Radick
Vice President at Cramer-Krasselt. I used to be a government consultant who is adapting to life in the Windy City4,239 followers | Follow
Laurel Ruma
Director of Talent (speaker and author relations) at O'Reilly Media. Homebrewer, foodie, farmer in the city.4,189 followers | Follow
Andrew Wilson
Do. Learn. Improve. Repeat. Note: These are my views and my voice alone - no broader implications implied4,074 followers | Follow
Red Hat Government
Official updates from Red Hat's Government Team related to federal, state, and local government, K-12 education, and higher education IT markets.4,044 followers | Follow
Andrew Hoppin
former New York State Senate CIO; social entrepreneur; grassroots organizer; planetary geologist3,984 followers | Follow
noel hidalgo, frsa
Asoc. Director of Engagement Technologies for @WEF USA; co-founder of @NuAMS; member #BikeNYC, #TN2020 & @RSAorg; txt msg noneck to 41411 for eCard3,962 followers | Follow
Nahum Gershon
Loves people, communities, media, & technology (in that order!). Right & left brain enabled.3,680 followers | Follow
Steve Lunceford
Communications strategist working for @Deloitte. Creator of GovTwit.com; tweets don't represent employer.3,641 followers | Follow
Steven VanRoekel
United States Chief Information Officer @ Executive Office of the President. Tweets are captured per Presidential Records Act.3,584 followers | Follow
Chris C. Kemp
Founder & CEO of Nebula, Inc., Democratizing web scale computing. Former NASA CTO, OpenStack co-founder, creator of NASA's Nebula project, and a few companies.3,302 followers | Follow
Gov 2.0 Radio
The voices of connected govt. e-Gov / Gov 2.0 / Open Gov for Fed State & Local public sectors, tech leaders + civic innovators. Hosts @allisonhornery @johnW3LLS3,263 followers | Follow
DataMasher.org
Winner of Apps for America 2. A fun way to remix federal data by Forum One Communications @ForumOne3,235 followers | Follow
Andrew Krzmarzick
Christ-Follower | Husband | Dad | @GovLoop Community Manager | Educator | Triathlete |3,214 followers | Follow
brianbehlendorf
CTO at the World Economic Forum. Board member at the Mozilla Foundation, CollabNet, & Benetech. Former advisor to HHS & White House. Open technology maven.3,208 followers | Follow
OGI Conference
The Open Government and Innovations Conference will explore how social media tools can make government more transparent, participatory and collaborative. #OGI23,200 followers | Follow
Joe Rospars
Chief Digital Strategist for Obama for America // Founding Partner of Blue State Digital (@BSDwire)3,057 followers | Follow
Government 2.0 Camp
Unconference about using social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies to create more effective, efficient and collaborative government3,006 followers | Follow
Dan Brickley
Euro-Bristolian, FOAF, Schema.org, NoTube, ex-W3C, Semantic Web, Web TV widgetarian, weekend freetard. All views my own, except for those that aren't.2,944 followers | Follow
Maxine Teller
Catalyzes innovative solutions to pressing problems via collaborative principles, tools & tech. Builds partnerships & biz strategies. ROWE, Gov2.0, healthier US2,800 followers | Follow
Mike Panetta
Mike Panetta is the elected U.S Shadow Representative for the District of Columbia. He blogs at http://www.mikepanetta.com2,724 followers | Follow
timbertrand
Vice President, WW Sales at Acquia - passionate about #Drupal, #OpenSource, #SocialSoftware - and changing the way businesses use the web.2,676 followers | Follow
joshua fouts
ExecDir @ScienceHouseFdn. Anthropologist. Photographer. Writer. Culture Nerd. Language geek. Quando no Brasil: Não perca o verde de vista!2,666 followers | Follow
Phase2 Technology
The leader in Drupal platform design & development for government, non-profits and publishing. Open Source. Open Minds.2,652 followers | Follow
NoelDickover
Work on #TechCamp for eDiplomacy at the State Dept. Co-founded CrisisCommons. #Gov20, #ICT4D, #Development, Also carves pumpkins.2,568 followers | Follow
Amanda Eamich
i do web communications for the govt @USDA [these views my own]. knit. learn. shoot pool. #redskins2,537 followers | Follow
Bev Godwin
Public Servant. Federal Citizen Info Center @ GSA. All tweets are my personal views, not that of any current or former employer.2,501 followers | Follow
Lyne_Robichaud
#opengov advocate. Mobilisator consultant analyst. Creator Opengov & Francophonie Project. Engagement manager, Edgeryders, Council of Europe2,454 followers | Follow
Nick Grossman
Student of cities and the Internet. @civicmit, @openplans, @codeforamerica, @civcoms2,446 followers | Follow
Mary Davie
Career civil servant, Hokie, Cyclist, pushing intersection of web2.0 & federal acquisition; President of ACT www.actgov.org2,421 followers | Follow
Lauren Modeen
Engagement Strategist @GovDelivery & @GovLoop / #Gov2.0, Online Community Manager / BC Eagle '03, Yogi, Marathoner2,283 followers | Follow
istrategylabs
We build online & offline movements that engage communities through creative marketing, experimental uses of social media, & civic innov. programs of all kinds.2,248 followers | Follow
Sarah Bourne
Internet technology strategist, Accessibility and assistive technologies. Views expressed/implied are my own. See my Twitter lists for more interests.2,170 followers | Follow
Kristy Fifelski
Creator of http://GovGirl.com and @DigitalGovGroup, Formerly served on @NAGW Board of Directors. Views are my own. #GovGirl1,909 followers | Follow
William Mougayar
Founder CEO, ENGAGIO - a conversation Inbox & Eqentia- a content curation platform. Previously, Author, Consultant, Speaker, Exec, Thought Leader.1,888 followers | Follow
William Eggers
Author on government reform and Global Public Sector Research Director at Deloitte1,885 followers | Follow
Social Government
Visit the Social Government blog for the latest Government 2.0 developments!1,834 followers | Follow
Kevin Novak
3X webby winner, IADAS Member, W3C EGOV Chair, Digital + Tech Strategist/consultant, VP Web/Digital Strategy + CIO for AIA, Speaker, Author, Science Nut1,763 followers | Follow
Jenn Gustetic
Open Innovation & Prizes at NASA. Fancy myself a tech policy & Public Private Partnerships wonk. MIT alum. Proud Gator Fan. Views my own.1,734 followers | Follow
Kevin Curry
I organize things. Code for America, Bridgeborn, CityCamp, Hokies, King's Grant Community League, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, HRVA. Also, lots of hyperlinks.1,734 followers | Follow
Jeff Walpole
CEO of Phase2 Technology (@phase2tech) Interested in #opensource, #drupal, #opengov, #opendata, #semweb, #journalism, #agile, #cms, #ux, #redsox1,680 followers | Follow
Justin Grimes
PhD candidate @ U-Md & WV expat in DC; interested #opendata, #opengov, policy, dataviz, personal informatics, design, food, hockey, libraries, transit, cities1,677 followers | Follow
Philip Ashlock
I craft civic technology & coordinate local open gov initiatives at @OpenPlans. I'm a co-founder of @Open311, @CivComs, and The @GreeneHill Food Coop1,609 followers | Follow
Dustin Haisler
Director of Government Innovation for Spigit, Disruptive Innovator, Dad, Husband, Christ-follower. Interested in #gov20, #ogov, #edtech, #innovation1,591 followers | Follow
Joy Fulton
Federal employee. Works on web, web 2.0 and more. Views are mine and do not express the views of my employer.1,552 followers | Follow
OpenPublish
OpenPublish is a packaged distribution of the open source social publishing platform Drupal, that has been tailored to the needs of today's online publishers.1,545 followers | Follow
Civic Commons
Sharing technology for the public good. Special focus on tech for civic engagement: engagementcommons.org1,507 followers | Follow
Bob Woolley
Chief Technical Architect, State of Utah, E-Gov (utah.gov), Open Source, Web 2.0, Gov 2.0, IT Innovation, Cloud Computing & Family History1,457 followers | Follow
Matthew Burton
Tech writer, open sourcer, and intelligence reformer. Married to @ltisdel. See more at the URL below.1,385 followers | Follow
DC Techsource
DCTechSource’s mission is to highlight the technology leadership of the DC-area, shining a spotlight on the innovation and momentum generated by local companies1,249 followers | Follow
Luke Fretwell
Good government, sustainability, technology. Founder @govfresh.1,213 followers | Follow
Wayne Moses Burke
Heya. I dig DC. I have a baby girl. I bike. I run the @Open4m Fndn. Ya' know - other stuff...1,204 followers | Follow
Gov Station
An anonymous forum for the uninhibited discussion of the highs/lows of federal service, an inside peek at gov contractors, and the inner workings of government1,171 followers | Follow
Cammie Croft
Director of Digital @ Energy. Former White House and Obama new media geek. Puppies, running and wine are some of my favorite things. Opinions here are my own.1,169 followers | Follow
Deb Bryant
indie consultant specializing in the public sector use of open source software; civic advocate open government open data; community building1,077 followers | Follow
Gunnar Hellekson
Strategist for Red Hat's Government group, Co-chair of Open Source for America, free culture advocate, picky drinker, amateur aesthete, dog enthusiast.1,063 followers | Follow
John Scott
defense, technology transparency, military, open source software, OSS1,041 followers | Follow
Bill Allison
Investigative journalist working at the Sunlight Foundation, which makes government more transparent.1,034 followers | Follow
Gretchen Curtis
Co-Founder at Piston Cloud (@pistoncloud). Tech junkie. Coffee snob. Lover of all things vintage.981 followers | Follow
Aaron Ogle
@OpenPlans software developer, JavaScript guy, GIS geek, sustainability advocate, 2011 @CodeforAmerica fellow.939 followers | Follow
Frank Febbraro
Co-founder & CTO of Phase2 Technology. Loves include software development and endurance sports.931 followers | Follow
Christina B Morrison
HP's Government and Public Sector Expert focused on Gov 2.0 and enabling innovation in government through technology.931 followers | Follow
Tattler (app)
Tattler (app) is an open source topic monitoring tool built with Drupal.924 followers | Follow
tiffanyshack
Executive Director, Association of Alt Newsmedia. Online News Association DC Chapter Organizer, online innovation, independent news.892 followers | Follow
Chris Wolz
Internet strategist at Forum One - for policy-focused nonprofits, government agencies, foundations. Focus on int'l dev, climate, environment, education.888 followers | Follow
T. Neil Sroka
Press Secretary for the PCCC (BoldProgressives.org). Former campaign flack for Annie Kuster & Director of New Media at the Dept. of Commerce.865 followers | Follow
OpenPublic
OpenPublic is a Drupal distribution designed to help government build websites and collaboration tools for open government.824 followers | Follow
Dan McSwain
Director of Internet Things at three-letter DC strategy shop. Formerly: FCC, OFA 1.0, WVFI, ND, TX-MEX.756 followers | Follow
Liz Steininger
(Formerly Liz Pruszko) PM for DC.gov's web team (OCTO). I love to see how the internet can improve our lives. Disclaimer: My tweets are not official.713 followers | Follow
PublicMediaCamp
A series of unconferences dedicated to expanding collaboration between public broadcasters and the public they serve.672 followers | Follow
Sean Robertson
I build Drupal sites for Democrats and love architecture, music, pool, and hanging out.658 followers | Follow
Ryan Waggoner
Founder of DailyPath.com and blogger on getting more done and lifestyle design for max productivity and happiness.645 followers | Follow
Rachel Flagg
Federal Web Managers Council Co-Chair, Plain Language Advocate. Better Websites=Better Customer Experience. Opinions are my own ;)627 followers | Follow
Alissa Black
602 followers | Follow
Christoph Berendes
It's up to us. IT, gov20: listen, ask good questions, do it.599 followers | Follow
Chuck D'Antonio
Former road warrior now grounded in the enterprise. Father of 2, software creator, Drupaler, open source & devops advocate, Ruby fan. Zealous cook & eater.566 followers | Follow
Go.USA.gov
Go.USA.gov lets government employees create short .gov URLs from official government domains, such as .gov, .mil, .si.edu, or .fed.us URLs.536 followers | Follow
Macon Phillips
An account for everything but work, which can be followed @macon44.533 followers | Follow
Meagen Ryan
New media/marketing strategist in support of open government, public radio junky, shiftless yogi, hopeful difference-maker509 followers | Follow
Chris Casey
Democratic Political Geek and Husband/Dad, just getting by with a little help from my friends.494 followers | Follow
OpenSF Team
Experiments in creating an open and transparent SF government. Postings do not necessarily represent our employer's positions, strategies or opinions.455 followers | Follow
jasonhoekstra
Technologist in DC implementing change using open gov/data/source in hopes better information access improves lives (personal account/opinions)424 followers | Follow
OpenSpending
We're exploring, structuring and mapping out different kinds of public finance from all around the world. An #opendata project of @okfn.404 followers | Follow
marthadorris
Career public servant at GSA; believe in excellence in citizen services351 followers | Follow
Rachel Lunsford
IT project manager. Pedigree geek and sushi-addict. These tweets represent me and not my company. Now living in Iowa.344 followers | Follow
Lebanon 2.0 لُبْنَان
Tracking Government 2.0 initiatives and related activities in Lebanon and around the world.329 followers | Follow
Rob Klause
321 followers | Follow
Philip Gallo
314 followers | Follow
Betsy Ensley
Marketing Director @phase2tech. Drupal. Cribbage. Library card enthusiast.311 followers | Follow
alexis james
entrepreneur. writer. dog lover. politically opinionated. only one pays the bills. so far.299 followers | Follow
Karl Fogel
DON'T FOLLOW ME HERE! Follow me at @kfogel instead. That's my home in the Twitterverse. Use @kfogel, NOT @karlfogel.256 followers | Follow
Mills Davis
Intellectual capitalist specializing in semantic technologies, and next internet business models.228 followers | Follow
Acquia Gov
202 followers | Follow
Open Forum Fndn
Technology is changing the relationship between citizens and government. We're there.195 followers | Follow
Phase One Consulting
Business. Transformed. Trusted advisors for strategic and tactical modernization, specializing in Open Gov, Enterprise Arch & IT strategy.178 followers | Follow
CapitalCampDC
DrupalCamp for developers, designers and open gov technologists in the DC area. Running July 27-28 with pre-training sessions from July 23-26.167 followers | Follow
phase2designstudio
We are the designers at http://www.phase2technology.com. We design websites for non-profits, associations, publications, & open government that run on Drupal.162 followers | Follow
Andre Hood
EVP, Biz Dev & Co-founder of Phase2 Technology; Children's book editor; soccer dad, jumpshooter extraordinaire; Daddius Maximus149 followers | Follow
Bob Burbach
Ruby/JS developer, @critjunc founder, FederalRegister.gov co-creator, OpenGov hacker, soccer player, beer lover, always seeking new adventures...144 followers | Follow
Britt Blaser
122 followers | Follow
OpenSource OpenMinds
This is the Open Source Software home of Phase2 Technology.60 followers | Follow
Greenleaf Health LLC
Greenleaf Health is a regulatory consulting firm that provides strategic guidance to companies developing innovative solutions to public health challenges.18 followers | Follow
Curated by Jeff Walpole
Here is a list of influential and interesting people to follow on open government issues
