Tim O’Reilly on Gov 2.0: The Promise of Innovation – Can government become a platform of, for, and by the people?

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The old model of government was aptly named “vending machine government” by Donald Ketti. “We pay our taxes; we get back services. And when we don’t get what we expect, our ‘participation’ is limited to protest–essentially, shaking the vending machine,” writes Tim O’Reilly in the latest O’Reilly Insights on Forbes.com. Gov 2.0 is an alternate method, in which “government is a convener and an enabler–ultimately, it is a vehicle for coordinating the collective action of citizens.” The question is, how does this happen? Learn more about the O’Reilly/TechWeb Gov2.0 Expo, September 8, 2009, in Washington, DC.

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