Analog government in a digital age
June 2, 2009
Government and Web 2.0 “grew up in different neighborhoods—they don’t play by the same rules,” said Andrew Sherry, Senior Vice President for Online Communications at the Center for American Progress at a CAP event on Monday. Barack Obama’s campaign embraced the participatory nature of Web 2.0, but using social media in the federal government is a different proposition, with different rules.
The event’s expert panel included Peter Swire, CAP Senior Fellow and Ohio State law professor; Alec Ross, senior advisor for innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc.; and Faiz Shakir, Research Director for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at Center for American Progress Action Fund. The event coincided with the release of several papers authored by Swire exploring the White House’s use of Web 2.0 technology and challenges facing its implementation...
Government and Web 2.0 “grew up in different neighborhoods—they don’t play by the same rules,” said Andrew Sherry, Senior Vice President for Online Communications at the Center for American Progress at a CAP event on Monday. Barack Obama’s campaign embraced the participatory nature of Web 2.0, but using social media in the federal government is a different proposition, with different rules.
The event’s expert panel included Peter Swire, CAP Senior Fellow and Ohio State law professor; Alec Ross, senior advisor for innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc.; and Faiz Shakir, Research Director for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at Center for American Progress Action Fund. The event coincided with the release of several papers authored by Swire exploring the White House’s use of Web 2.0 technology and challenges facing its implementation...
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