http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/05/12/mr-wiki-goes-to-washington/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:29:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/05/12/mr-wiki-goes-to-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-157475 Mike Chapman Tue, 13 May 2008 16:35:21 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=903#comment-157475 The possibilities are very exciting. Naturally, there will still be decision makers in key places within the government who will hold more power, but they will be held accountable by more and more of the citizens who access the information provided by a 2.0 format. This new netroots capability can offset the power of the lobby groups who have always thrived on a top-down information flow and a special access to the decision makers. I could tell you a few stories, but I don't think you'd be surprised. More participation by citizens from everywhere across the nation is absolutely better for all of us and our federal government. The possibilities are very exciting. Naturally, there will still be decision makers in key places within the government who will hold more power, but they will be held accountable by more and more of the citizens who access the information provided by a 2.0 format. This new netroots capability can offset the power of the lobby groups who have always thrived on a top-down information flow and a special access to the decision makers. I could tell you a few stories, but I don’t think you’d be surprised. More participation by citizens from everywhere across the nation is absolutely better for all of us and our federal government.

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