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Realizing Government 2.0

 

Published 6/30/2009 by michael.hickins@gmail.com (Michael Hickins) at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs

One of the most compelling attributes of Web 2.0 is that it transformed the static Interweb from something pushed at us to something that includes our inputs. The coincidence of Howard Dean's intelligent use of the Web, the rise of Facebook in public consciousness and Barack Obama's very technologically-savvy campaign has led to the expectation that Government 2.0 would quickly follow. (link)

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