The Transformative effect of Web 2.0 on citizen engagement
In October 2009, the National Archives hosted the fifth annual McGowan Forum on Communication, Technology and Government. A panel of distinguished experts discussed the transfomative effect of Web 2.0 on the relationship between citizen and government.
They sought to answer the question: "Can Government 2.0 technologies build a new kind of participatory democracy?"
Moderated by Darrell M. West, vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, the discussion focused on how collaborative democracy can be designed.
Panelists included Beth Simone Noveck, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Mark H. Webbink, visiting professor of law, New York Law School, and executive director, Center for Patent Innovations; Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder, Public Knowledge; and Jason R. Baron, director of litigation, National Archives.
