Book chronicles how the Gov 2.0 movement is slowly becoming a reality We’ve known for years how social media and Web 2.0 have been transforming the way political campaigns are run, the way we interact with big institutions, the way news is reported and distributed — indeed, practically all facets of modern society. So […]
open government
Citizens as government watchdogs
You don’t need to be a card-carrying member of the press corps to serve as a public watchdog over the government and elected officials. First, the Freedom of Information Act applies to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, not just members of the Fourth Estate. Since its passage, countless examples of government waste, fraud and mismanagement […]
California’s Secretary of State: Come and collaborate!
Spent Wednesday night at SocialVoter, a special event featuring California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and presented by CitizenSpace and the Social Media Club. You can follow the tweets on Twitter — for the next two weeks, anyway, when they disappear. So I thought a blog recap would be in order. Here, too, is a […]