Browsing through President-elect Barack Obama's technology platform released during his campaign, I notice zero references to "social media," "Government 2.0" or "e-government," the three most-popular terms given to the civic engagement space that social media-meets-government is all about.
Judging from press releases and blog posts, many nations around the world are explicitly using the term, e-government:
At a time when the World Bank describes the pending Obama Administration as embracing e-government themes, why does the President-elect's own tech roadmap fail to mention it by name?
Call me curious. How about you?
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As noted on the U.S. Democracy Online Exchange, Obama just named some transition leaders for technology, innovation and government reform: http://dowire.org/us
As governing online is significantly different than e-campaigning and e-advocacy, I hope the right people bump into my article on the Ten Practical Online Steps for Government Support of Democracy and my Sidewalks for Democracy Online article: http://publicus.net/articles.html
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