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 [...]

“…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 [...]

Washington Post Staff Writer Dan Balz provided an analysis of Tuesday’s elections across the country.  His story is titled “Contests serve as warning to Democrats: It’s not 2008 anymore.”  Using the outcomes of two gubernatorial elections (New Jersey and Virginia), Dan summarized that yesterday’s elections “demonstrated that, at this point, Republicans have the more energized [...]

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? [...]

The Governor Mark  Sanford Situation I’m thinking about South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and his situation and the response of the public and media. I wonder why, in the U.S., we (public/media) so vilify an unfaithful government official. In all of these cases there is so much lying that what began as an act of [...]