Run the Government: A Primer for Online Citizens by Sarah Schacht

Sarah Schacht is founder and executive director of Knowledge As Power, a 501c3 with online services helping citizens track legislation and communicate effectively with legislators. She's spent the last decade researching communications patterns and technology solutions for the legislative process. She's worked within Congress, designed technology solutions for citizen advocates, trained on international XML in government standards, and launched a successful conference series called Open Gov West. She's been a Republican, a Democrat, and now happily resides outside the political spectrum.

Schacht lives in Seattle, loves her work, and occasionally finds time to surf.