Government 2.0 was a discussion point at the Web 3.0 conference!
Examples given ..
- National Weather Service — released the data. Within 30 days, there were 6 innovative applications to show the data.
- On Nov 14th, the MBTA released real time data for bus schedules. Within one hour, there was a google app to leverage the data. In 5 weeks, iPhone apps, displayed on buses. In 8 weeks, there was a full blown google app. Even a watch with the bus schedule shown!
- National library newsletter digitsation project to have crowdsourcing to fix the errors within. The goal is to do something great for society. Runs 24/7 since launch. Julie Hempenstall has corrected over 300K erros! 23% of correctors are overseas. Over 7million lines of text corrected!
- Justin McMurry of Keller Texas — Volunteers for Help Desk for Verizon. Public organizations where people volunteer their time.
- It’s Buggered mate. Site to show where you have issues on your street, etc. To fix issues in the cities in Australia! This is a mashup from crowdsourcing. Govt is doing what govt does — fix the roads. But the public is helping identify and produce user interface!