What is the impact in the Internet age when the lines of traditional structures of communication, authority, or chain of command and policy making procedures become horizontal and non-sequential?

I believe Gov 2.0 can be divided into two tracks: technology and citizen adoption. I don’t think you can advance Gov 2.0 without addressing both concurrently.

In “Twilight at Monticello,” author Alan Pell Crawford recounts Thomas Jefferson’s fear that “America was fast becoming a republic in name only, where power may have been derived from the people, but where they possessed it ‘only on the days of their elections.’ After this it is the property of their rulers.” President Obama’s first [...]

Election Day.  Let’s not forget to exercise our privilege as citizens to cast our vote today.  Pay special attention to not only the candidates but any referendums or amendments that may be on your ballot.  Unfortunately, with the reality of low voter turnouts, you may be voting or not voting for far reaching policy decisions [...]

If given a wish today, I’d be selfish and ask to be placed in the front row of all the discussions underway at the Personal Democracy Forum ’09 underway in New York. I am trying to keep up with the “tweets” around hash tag #pdf09 on TweetDeck that run in the double digits upon each [...]