Silicon Flatirons, a center for law, technology, and entrepreneurship out of the University of Colorado, has just released their latest report, Government 3.0. The report is a summary of a recent roundtable discussing the use of web 2.0 technologies to increase government transparency, efficiency, and citizen engagement. Here are just a few of the views shared by the roundtable participants, which included academics, venture capitalists, lawyers and entrepreneurs:
- Third party tools that mash and remix raw government data serve the two goals of creating useful information and encouraging government honesty.
- To enable effective third party use of government-collected data, the data must be publicly useable and digestible to facilitate creative use and comparison of different data sets.
- Utilizing public feedback and interaction through Web 2.0 technologies appeals to democratic ideals and increases effective resolution of pressing civil and social issues.
- Requiring citizens to identify themselves before leaving a comment, the number of inappropriate and irrelevant comments would decrease
- A top-down approach will likely help government agencies successfully implement Web 2.0 technologies.
Click here to read the report in its entirety.
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