There's a magical transformation happening on the Internet. Have you noticed?
Not only is your newspaper allowing you to interact and provide feedback, but your government is too. Locally, the first place this happened was with Matt Rexroad's blog. As a candidate and now as a county supervisor, Matt gets it. Matt combines personal, professional and political topics on his blog, and engages the community in sometimes lively discussions about important local issues.
The State of California is catching on too, with a YouTube channel representing many government agencies, podcasts, commenting on assembly bills, and a handful of blogs and other social media activity.
And the Federal government is completely rocking it out with a number of social media tools and channels. I'm excited about the change that's come to the web, and it was on it's way before the new administration. My hope is that the new administration will deliver on the promise of transparency the transformation will be more profound.
I am working with a group of government employees on the Social Media Subcouncil of the Federal Web Managers Council to help make a case for the continued use of social media in goverment to engage and involve citizens, to increase collaboration within and between government agencies, and to improve government services.
Transparency. Participation. Collaboration.
What does this mean to you?
