and methods to open up the federal government, creating a new level of transparency to change the way business is conducted in Washington, and giving Americans the chance to participate in government deliberations and decision making in ways that were not possible only a few years ago. http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel /2009/04/obamatechplan.pdf
the term with government use of social media, either to solicit public participation or to get out its message in new ways. Some people think it means making government more transparent. Some people think it means adding AJAX to government websites, or replacing those websites with government APIs, or building new cloud platforms for shared government services. And yes, it means all those things. But as with Web 2.0, the real secret of success in Government 2.0 is thinking about government as a platform.
BE PROFESSIONAL 4. PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY 5. LOOK BEFORE YOU LINK 6. THINK IN REAL-TIME 7. MIND THE MEDIUM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/guidelines/social-media.html