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Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0: Report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce
Government 2.0 Taskforce, December 2009. "Government 2.0 or the use of the new collaborative tools and approaches of Web 2.0 offers an unprecedented opportunity to achieve more open, accountable, responsive and efficient government. Though it involves new technology, Government 2.0 is really about a new approach to organising and governing. It will draw people into a closer and more collaborative relationship with their government. Australia has an opportunity to resume its leadership in seizing these opportunities and capturing the resulting social and economic benefits..."
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Last updated: 22 December 2009
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