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June 19, 2007
Government 2.0
"Imagine Government 2.0. Wisdom no longer flows from officialdom to the population, but is co-created with citizens. Civil servants contribute openly to Facebook groups on controversies of the day. Government websites have wiki areas where people can exchange tips about filing tax returns or claiming benefits. Databases of restaurant inspections, tide tables and postcodes are available for all to see and re-use in mashups of geography, time or events."
That how The Guardian characterizes the British government's new a report called The Power of Information, which urges the government to engage with grassroots web activism. "Before launching a new online public service, the government checks to see whether a user community is already doing it better. In short, government learns to let go of the web." [JH]
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Government 2.0 and Beyond…Harnessing Collective Intelligence”
19 September 2008 (8:00-12:00),Hosted by Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration)/DOD CIO and The Information Resources Management College, National Defense University
Attendees at this half-day event will explore the social implications and the impact of globalization of the web as a platform rather than an application. This paradigm shift, referred to as “Web 2.0,” enables us to leverage customer self-service and data management to access the entire web. It is about building communities and the “wisdom of crowds” where participation among users adds value by harnessing collective intelligence. Through a variety of presentations and perspectives on how Web 2.0 is growing in importance as a service-oriented, cost-effective model, we will explore the environments in which the next generations of the web can operate and change government.
Featured Speaker: Mr. David Weinberger. Mr. Weinberger is a U.S. technologist, writer, and Web 2.0 guru. He is the co-author of the “Cluetrain Manifesto”, a website about the transformational impact of the internet on business. He has written two major books on the Internet, Small Pieces Loosely Joined and Everything is Miscellaneous. Mr. Weinberger currently serves as a fellow at the Berkman Center for the Internet and Society of Harvard Law School. He was Senior Internet Advisor to Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign.
Panelists Include:
* David Wennergren, Deputy DOD Chief Information Officer (Moderator)
* Bruce Klein, Director of Public Sector Group, Cisco
* Anthony Williams, VP nGenera (Canada) and co-author of Wikinomics
* Mike Bradshaw, Director, Enterprise Federal, Google
Registration
Registration is FREE for all attendees, but all must register to ensure a seat. Please go to the following website to register: http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/anniv_reg_gov2.html.
The Venue
The National Defense University is located on Ft Lesley J. McNair near the Washington, D.C. waterfront. This event will be live video streamed to a website and the IRM College Government Center in Second Life. Instructions for access to the stream will be posted to the Live Broadcast section of the 20th Anniversary homepage at http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/anniv.html no later than 15 September 2008.
Media Coverage: Invited members of the media include Government Executive, Wall Street Journal, Signal, Federal Computer Week, Federal Times, The Washington Post, and others.
Questions
If you have questions about this event, please contact Dr. Paulette Robinson at (202) 685-3891 or robinsonp@ndu.edu, Doris McGuire at (703) 604-1489 x 153 or Doris.McGuire.ctr@osd.mil, or Sandy Smith at (703) 604-1489 x 176 or sandra.smith@osd.mil
Posted by: Doris | Aug 4, 2008 4:01:44 PM
