Innovating Government is high on the agenda and has been proven as successful by using Web 2.0. This label includes a new
wave of web-based applications that rely on the concept of the user as a producer. Web 2.0 provides means to create a better
Government. As first point, improvements are regarded that are based on providing feedback to agencies. Examples include service
ratings, law enforcement and budget allocations. A next type of improvements concerns citizen participation in order to reconnect
citizens with politics and policy making as to improve responsiveness. For this aim social media are great in sustaining all
kind of civic society activities. Prominent examples include campaigning, petitioning, monitoring and urban planning. Another
way is agency staff persons using the Web 2.0 for cross-agency collaboration. Collaboration at large leads to good practice
exchange and knowledge management.
Keywords E-Government - Digital Government - Web 2.0 - Social Media - Social Networks - Innovation - Public Governance - Participation