The short (45 seconds) video post captures some thoughts on what Government 2.0 means to me.
In a nutshell, I am advocating the creation of an online library that consists of the composite knowledge base of every topic where governance plays a part, including both "official, curated" sources and “user-submitted, crowd-sourced” content, such as magazine articles, video segments, industry white papers, blogs, opinion polls and the like.
Imagine the President being able to say, "Go to the Gov 2.0 website, read our official articulated position on Health Care Policy, alongside the official positions of the Republican Party, Big Pharma, AMA and ordinary Americans, and then let us know your thoughts."
To be effective, such a system would need to have clear communal policies, like no personal attacks, clearly delineating opinions versus facts, citing and linking to referenced sources and a reasonably simple structure so those interested in just stats can get that, those interested in just white papers by the medical establishment can get that, and those interested in personal blog/life stories can get that.
Similarly, Gov 2.0 implies a dashboard of key metrics, transparency on their measures and mechanisms to amplify (tag, rate, comment) and disseminate content/positions of interest. Optimally, one system (with open APIs) would enable the Administration, Congress, Lobbyists/SIGs and Consumers to rally their base, and provide common communication paths for meetups, online engagement, capture of the outcome and follow up.
What other building blocks do you see in the evolution of Government and governance?
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