How are we ever going to get out of this hugh mess we like to call government? It is not by any definition a government. It is not a government for the people by the people. It is a government for the corporations by the corporations. Oh that's right...since corporations are people now well maybe it is it still for the people by the people. Very clever. Corporations have bought out the American government. They are now "the government." How do we compete with that? Well...We could simply vote in …

The Gov 2.0 / Open Government movement has been steadily gaining momentum in the last few years. This group seeks to bring like minded individuals (both inside and outside of government) together to seek and create change. Developers, designers, and anyone with ideas are encouraged to join!

This group is dedicated to organizing discussions, meetups, and events around data 2.0. The focus of data 2.0 is about utilizing the new avalanche of online data and new data-centric business models. The Data 2.0 organizers are also the producers of DataWeek.co Sept 22-27 in San Francisco as well as the Data 2.0 Summit (data2summit.com) We view "Old Data" is the practice of closing off your data, and data 2.0 hosting data online and making it accessible by other organizations. That includes big …