The Australian Government and the new USA White House administration have both launched initiatives claiming to get in touch with their citizens via the Internet. But are they serious, or is it just window dressing for political purposes? Gihan and Chris discuss the pros and cons of the two governments' approaches so far.MP3 File
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If the US government's recent foray into crowd-sourcing policy initiatives then it seems most participants are stoners, UFO conspiracy-theorists or Obama birth-certificate cranks. According to this NY Times article "visitors advanced more than 3,900 ideas, which in turn spawned 11,000 comments that received 210,000 thumb votes." The next phase of the project will be a wiki that will allow visitors to draft the rules of open-government.
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