In the last 5 years or so “Gov 2.0” (Government 2.0) has grown from being a name coined by William Eggers to now becoming the umbrella term for serious change in Government, and not just here in the United States, but around the world.
Many people, including myself have written much about the term Gov 2.0 – everything from “What is Gov 2.0” to lists of people leading current efforts. Lots of other angles have been covered by both the traditional media and online media.
I focus primarily on people power and how people are at the heart of any Gov 2.0 discussion, whether in print or in person. In fact I have called Gov 2.0 a “good revolution” and as we have all seen in the last few years, this is true regardless of country. I do not mean to state that Gov 2.0 is causing revolutions. Far from it. However, the openness and transparency that Gov 2.0 efforts around the world advocate for; driven by mobility and the cloud – have allowed people to be heard. To hear each other, those people whether in government or civic life, in business or entertainment.
Now thanks to the “Triangle of Gov 2.0″ which is the social media and open computing use; the mobile and device specific tools; and the cloud which facilitates both; we now see individual people gaining access to information and power never seen before in our history in more than one country at a time. Now this is happening in multiple places.
People are driving the change. People are adopting the tools. People are leading the way in forcing governments around the world to be more open and accountable. With this innovation of course comes the other side. The very same tools that can promote openness and transparency can and are in turn used against the people by governments, both democratic and not.
But we are so past the “What is Gov 2.0″ phase that I wrote about in 2010. We have blown past the “look the government is using twitter and facebook” phase. Indeed, we have entered the big data and deep analytical tool phase – complemented by more and more machine readable databases that are continually presenting new and innovative uses and creating new businesses and jobs. But people are still at the heart of the matter. Without courageous leaders willing to stand up to the buffeting forces of politics, budgets and fear; we would not be seeing the deep and dramatic changes we are witnessing unfolding in many countries, and many cities, and localities. People are driving this change, this is the constant in Gov 2.0 since 2007.
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'we have entered the big data and deep analytical tool phase (of #gov20 )' via @Ideagov http://t.co/YeQCESRk
Gov 2.0 as umbrella term for deep change. http://t.co/xJtbXmy7 via @Ideagov #gov20 #smsg
Gov 2.0 as umbrella term for deep change. http://t.co/xJtbXmy7 via @Ideagov #gov20 #smsg
Gov 2.0 as umbrella term for deep change. http://t.co/xJtbXmy7
Gov 2.0 as umbrella term for deep change. http://t.co/xJtbXmy7
Gov 2.0 as umbrella term for deep change. http://t.co/xJtbXmy7
Gov 2.0 as umbrella term for deep change. http://t.co/xJtbXmy7
Gov 2.0 as umbrella term for deep change. http://t.co/xJtbXmy7
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MT @IdeaGov Gov 2.0 as umbrella term for deep change. http://t.co/Odeu7UIP #gov20 <- like the triangle of social/open, mobile, and cloud
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