[gartner]In the UK, Andrew Stott, currently CTO and Deputy CIO, has just been appointed Director of Digital Engagement, reporting to the permanent secretary for government communication. In this new role, he will be in charge for dealing with the recommendations from the Power of Information Task Force. He will have to strike the right balance between initiatives that should be driven or directed by government, and those that would be better left to external stakeholders, be they vendors, third sector organizations or virtual communities.
The UK government has been consolidating its multitude of web sites into three main portals (Directgov. BusinessLink and NHS Choices).
In the USA, the White House issued a document with FY 2010 budget request, which covers – amongst other things - cloud computing. "An entire section of that document refers to “Government 2.0”. I believe this is one of the first times (if not the first) that this term appears in an official White House document. Personally I do not like it much, as it is relatively vague (governments constantly evolve and there is no sudden switch from version 1.0 or 1.9 to version 2.0), has too direct an association with “web 2.0” (and suggests a technology drive that we have already seen failing with e-government) and is already used as a buzzword by many management consultants..."
Web 2.0 in UK Government Needs A Director of Digital Engagement
US Federal Government Blesses “Government 2.0”
see also
Power of Information Task Force
Crosscutting programs (pp. 155ff)
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