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?

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 [...]

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 [...]

We know they’re coming.  Social networks have gained wide acceptance and praise for their use in political campaigns.  It’s their use in actual government administration and public policy making environments where their absence is fueling new debate.  As a solution for government-citizen communication, they can be a powerful forum for collaboration.  Still, social networks remain [...]