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Reinventing Government


Gov2 defined: The use of collaborative web 2.0 technology to solve collective problems across all government. city, province, country, international.


Gov2 = Government stripped down to it’s core, rediscovered, re-imagined.

Government (at it’s basic level) is a mechanism for collaborative action?

-Tim O’Reilly


Transparency:

“Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset.”

Governments want to control the conversation.


Afraid of the negativity…


Get past the fear. Realize Web2.0 and Gov2.0 have happened already.

David Wennergren US Department of Defense

From Social Media & Canadian Government Usage Exampleshttp://www.slideshare.net/mikekujawski


Fear leads to irrational behavior. We can become hostile and strike out at the cause of our fear.

- Don Tapscott, Grown Up Digital

Standard definitions:


Soccer hooligans.

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Gov 2 - Critical Outcome # 1


“Citizen – government gap narrows”

"ChangeCamp addresses the demand for a renewed relationship among citizens and government. We seek to create connections, knowledge, tools and policies that drive transparency, civic engagement and democratic empowerment."


Standard definitions:


Soccer hooligans.

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Collaborative public policy process

Wiki-government: Public consultation


Baked in not bolted on


Learn to integrate social media into policy discussions.

Create a “wiki-government”



Increased accountability for government



Quality of life improved via innovation

Machine readable data.




Tax spending efficiencies gained


Leader must have the courage to break new ground and state transparency process as a valuable one.

Provide interim authority to operate in this new direction.

Michele Weslander Quaid – US Government Intelligence


“Learn from your hackers!”

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Find people who need to collaborate and show them Web 2.0.

Identify early-adopters and enable them. Replicate until the new process becomes new best practice.

Michele Weslander Quaid – US Government Intelligence

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How do you shift from command and control to collaboration?


“Leaders get the behaviors that they exhibit and tolerate.”

Author Larry Bossidy – “Execution”David Wennergren – US Department of Defense


Your government = Responsibility to Share

Move from the “need to know” mindset to the “need to share” mindset…

- Michele Weslander Quaid – US Government Intelligence

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From: https://dashlink.arc.nasa.gov/static/dashlink/media/topic/Employing_Web_2_0_Ideas_In_Government.pdf


NASA


Vending Machine Government! – Donald Kettl

Becoming part of a community you serve is not as simple as merely joining social networks and adding a bunch of friends. Your interactions have to be meaningful and authentic. You need to join online communities as a true participant.

Tara Hunt (@missrogue) – The Whuffie Factor (p 117)

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Jeep treats social networks like another channel


Misses a chance to create a unique community


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Is your government a Lovemark?


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O’Reilly’s Maxims

How to Create Government as a Platform for Engagement and Collaboration

• Embrace open standards• Make it simple• Design for cooperation• Learn from users• Lower the barrier to experimentation• Culture of measurement• Open doors to partners


Connect policies with innovation…

Green card with every science/engineering diploma. –

John Doer

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Review policies – most are outdated.

Create “rapid adoption policies.”

What’s good for one department is good for all departments…

Connect.

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Make a connection

How do you engage a decentralized group of citizens?


“National Dialogue Platform”

1.) Taskforce, study group 2.) Citizens help to establish goals3.) Citizens refine and rate objectives

- Alan Cohn – US Dept of Homeland Security

Gov 2 - Critical Outcomes


1. Citizen – government gap narrows2. Collaborative public policy process3. Increased accountability for government4. Quality of life improved via innovation5. Tax spending efficiencies gained6. Speed up government

Takeaway Challenges:


1.) Begin to train everyone!2.) Turn your dept into one of “living

intelligence…” Reuse data in more ways, with more people.

3.) Create at least one crowd-sourcing project within 30 days.


QUESTIONS?

Credits – Special contributions

A very special thank-you to Tim O’Reilly, Tara Hunt and Don Tapscott for your contributions in the making of this presentation. You guys rock!

• Open Government Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice By Daniel Lathrop, Laurel Ruma Publisher: O'Reilly Media

• David Wennergren

• Michele Weslander Quaid

• Alan Cohn

• John Doer

• Jeremiah Owyang

• NASA – DASHlink team

• Aneesh Chopra – US Federal Office of Science and Technology

• http://gov2summit.blip.tv/file/2591923/

• http://www.horsepigcow.com/

• http://www.dontapscott.com

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/

• http://www.futureedmonton.ca

• http://www.changecampedmonton.ca

• http://www.slideshare.net/mastermaq/city-of-edmonton-open-data-workshop

• http://www.tompeters.com/

• http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/the-obama-disconnect

• http://www.slideshare.net/mikekujawski

• http://www.forrester.com/rb/research

• http://news.discovery.com/space/best-space-probe-photographers-decade.html

• https://dashlink.arc.nasa.gov/static/dashlink/media/topic/Employing_Web_2_0_Ideas_In_Government.pdf

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