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Government 2.0: Intelligence Renaissance Networks

Via Mashable This is part of an ongoing series about government 2.0 written by Dr. Mark Drapeau. To view previous posts in the series click here. Future planning is a big part of what the national security apparatus of the … Continue reading

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How the DoD learned to stop worrying and love open source

Via ARS Technica By Ryan Paul | Published: September 10, 2008 – 07:05PM CT The House draft of the annual defense budget reauthorization bill prominently lists open source software (OSS) among the objectives that should be considered in the procurement … Continue reading

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Canadian parties look south for lessons in web campaigning

Via the Globe and Mail -STEVE MERTL – The Canadian Press September 3, 2008 at 5:25 PM EDT VANCOUVER — Democrat Barack Obama’s historic run to his party’s presidential nomination owes a lot to his campaign’s stunningly successful use of … Continue reading

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Open source group sues Quebec over no-bid Microsoft contracts

By Ryan Paul | Published: August 29, 2008 – 06:15AM CT _ Via ARS Technica A nonprofit open source advocacy group in Quebec is taking the provincial government to court over its software procurement policies. The group, which is called … Continue reading

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Government 2.0

Original Source: http://www.socialtext.net/wiki-government-and-democracy/index.cgi? For both emerging and established democratic societies, the Wikinomics<!– wiki-renamed-hyperlink “Wikinomics” –> era holds the promise and the inevitability of new models for delivering the functions of government. Government 2.0: Wikinomics, Government & Democracy is a global … Continue reading

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Wikinomics and the Challenge to Government – by Anthony D. Williams

Today, thanks largely to the internet, the kind of creativity and innovation that used to take place primarily within the confines of corporate walls now occurs across large, loosely connected networks of firms and individual entrepreneurs. Already, millions of people … Continue reading

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Web2 0 for eGovernment: why and how? » SlideShare

Web2 0 for eGovernment: why and how? » SlideShare

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Social Networks And Government Application » SlideShare

Social Networks And Government Application » SlideShare

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Models of Government Blogging » SlideShare

Models of Government Blogging » SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net/manuel.perez/models-of-government-blogging

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Web 2.0: Government’s social networking debate

By: Rosie Lombardi, InterGovWorld.com(Jan 23, 2008 The Ontario government’s ban on the use of social networking upstart Facebook in the workplace unleashed a hail of controversy in 2007. Pundits, technology evangelists and naysayers squared off in the media, debating the … Continue reading

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