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Making Gov 2.0 Happen in Massachusetts: A conversation with Jess Weiss, Mass.gov project analyst, and Brad Blake, director of new media for Governor Deval Patrick, about how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is using social media, barcamps and other creative initiatives to advance collaboration and public participation in state government. Says Blake, “People deserve to better understand what their government is doing and participate in shaping public policy.”
Brad & Sarah Bourne are great resources, but woefully underutilized.
Better late than never, but as a taxpayer, I’m convinced Mass. could and should be doing more, especially in terms of data sharing, which is more important (IMHO) in New England than elsewhere because of the inherent inefficiency of our “home-rule” tradition, which adds all sorts of built-in redundancy that could be overcome through democratizing data.
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