Sarah Bourne is a technology strategist and accessibility expert with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She’s a pioneer in aggressive government social media use well-rooted in policy. In early 2009, when I needed a model for bringing the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office onto Twitter, I looked at policy docs by Sarah and her colleagues, and got on the phone with her to discuss doing it right.

Sarah’s focus on ensuring that all citizens have equal access to government Web services is incredibly important to the Gov 2.0 movement, as is her practice of creating clear road maps for other agencies to follow. She’s easy to reach on Twitter and offers online tool kits for replicating Mass.gov’s bleeding edge social media offerings.

Sarah Bourne is one of my Gov 2.0 Heroes.

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Making Gov 2.0 Happen in Massachusetts: A conversation with Jess Weiss, Mass.gov project analyst, and Brad Blake, director of new media for Governor Deval Patrick, about how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is using social media, barcamps and other creative initiatives to advance collaboration and public participation in state government. Says Blake, “People deserve to better understand what their government is doing and participate in shaping public policy.”

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eHealth in California: The Future of Your Personal Health Records: Californians, what’s the future of your health records as the state works on a plan for a new health information exchange using federal stimulus money? How should they be shared, opt-in or opt-out? And who really owns your health records, including their accuracy and the rights to access them? Join a freewheeling discussion with Health 2.0 innovator and Health Information Exchange volunteer Mike Kirkwood on these topics, and get engaged right away with California’s ehealth strategy.

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Talking Web 2.0 Expo and Gov 2.0 Summit w/Tim O’Reilly: GovLoop founder Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford of GovTwit and BearingPoint in conversation with O’Reilly Media’s Tim O’Reilly. Adriel Hampton hosting, with special guests Sally Lieber, three-term Assemblywoman from Silicon Valley, and Michael Russell on DC’s upcoming Gov 2.0 Camp. O’Reilly will be taking listener calls. More Gov 2.0 Radio »

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