From open data to social media, from web services to mobile applications, from crowdsourcing to cloud computing, government is exploring the power of the latest wave of technology to lower the costs of government while increasing its capabilities. Last year's inaugural Gov 2.0 Summit brought leaders from federal, state, and local government together with individual and corporate entrepreneurs, citizens, not-for-profits, and educators, to artic...

Gov 2.0 Expo: Private Sector Solutions Meet Government Challenges Government has an extraordinary responsibility to harness the best, most efficient systems for delivering citizen services and overcoming the barriers of complexity and bureaucracy. In turn, citizens have a mandate to contribute to the progress of their governing bodies. The rise of Government 2.0 signals the emergence of IT innovation and the Web as a platform for fostering ef...