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.

“…while all these “apps for democracy” are assumed to be a good thing, are they necessarily what are being sought after by the general public first or foremost from this new relationship structure?”

There are some great “year-end” blog posts and articles reviewing e-Gov, or government via the Internet.  This year, it is mostly about Gov 2.0 — stories or benchmarks for expanding collaborative technologies of Web 2.0 across the public sector.     All of these articles come from practitioners, intended for reading/discussion among other practitioners.  What’s missing? How [...]

Is the federal government up to the challenge of citizen engagement with the public on an individual basis?  Is it too much to expect an institution with an annual budget of three trillion dollars and as the nation’s largest employer with close to two million employees ready to go one-on-one with John or Jane Q. [...]

Florida Justice Summit brings together traditional methods and new technology to create and build an online community I had the pleasure to attend the first Florida Justice Summit on Monday/Tuesday (11/16-17) in Tampa.  The summit was hosted by the Collins Center for Public Policy.  The Collins Center is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that finds [...]

There is some exciting news occurring today in the world of Gov 2.0.  If you haven’t read one of the hundreds of online outlets or caught one of the hundreds of “tweets” about what’s occurring, two Gov 2.0 service providers, GovLoop and GovDelivery are joining forces to compliment their Web and collaboration service delivery to [...]

My idea is that it’s all about connectivity –the connection between government and its citizens, and the benefits that arise from that.

NOTE:  In my 3 August post, I outlined 11 questions consistently raised by individuals and groups of government agencies and non-profit organizations relating to adopting Web 2.0 strategies and practices into their internal and external relationships.  I want to briefly address them in my Blog throughout August.  Q #1: What business model should I use? [...]

My first article with the online version of StateTech Magazine was published yesterday.  It is a brief discussion of the key challenges (data and technology) facing the soon (we hope) to be revised/repurposed Recovery.gov web site and administration of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  Add to these two formidable challenges a strategy for citizen [...]