The guys at Front Seat, a civics software company, launched a UserVoice forum to suggest priorities (and then vote on them) for the Obama administration's CTO. Many of the suggestions have to do with social technologies, and some of them are very compelling:
Open Government Data (APIs, XML, RSS)
Ensure the Internet is widely accessible & network neutral
encourage adoption of Agile software development practices (a nod to my RoR friends)
Public online bidding process for government projects
rely on open standards, open devices, OS where possible
Introduces Social Media Inside Government
Gov to be ran on 100% free software
Make all non-classified taxpayer-funded software open source
And my personal favorite... Richard Stallman ... yes, just Richard Stallman. Vote people!
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