Great Expectations After the vote - citizens online, e-democracy in governance, and White House 2.0 Steven Clift, Founder and Board Chair E-Democracy.Org

Thanks Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet, GWU Co-Sponsors Sunlight Foundation (Refreshments) Ashoka Deliberative Democracy Consortium Center for Democracy and Technology

Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet, GWU

Co-Sponsors

Sunlight Foundation (Refreshments)

Ashoka

Deliberative Democracy Consortium

Center for Democracy and Technology

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Agenda E-Democracy in Governance – 40 min Citizens Online – E-Democracy.Org – 20 min Short Restocking Break – 5 min Discussion – 50 min “ How E-Government is Changing Society and Strengthening Democracy” – Author introductions Expectations - White House 2.0, Congress, Federal Agencies, Government and Civil Society Generally

E-Democracy in Governance – 40 min

Citizens Online – E-Democracy.Org – 20 min

Short Restocking Break – 5 min

Discussion – 50 min

“ How E-Government is Changing Society and Strengthening Democracy” – Author introductions

Expectations - White House 2.0, Congress, Federal Agencies, Government and Civil Society Generally

Hello It all started in 1994 … Government by day, citizen by night …

It all started in 1994 …

Government by day, citizen by night …

A new Athens for Democracy?

Made for Internet Candidate in 98 – Jesse Ventura, former Governor of Minnesota

Mongolia 2004 Local news … flip … Russian game show … flip Joe Trippi at the Politics Online Conference!

Local news … flip …

Russian game show … flip

Joe Trippi at the Politics Online Conference!

Candidates and campaigns Organize your supporters Generate multimedia and spread it Shake hands at the digital parades of online social networks and groups Seeking power and influence online

Organize your supporters

Generate multimedia and spread it

Shake hands at the digital parades of online social networks and groups

Seeking power and influence online

Organize Supporters – Gather E-mail

Communicate with supporters, introduce the candidate

Activate Supporters

Digital Parade – Social Networks

November 5, 2008 – The Day After What next? Moving from a red-blue virtual civil war to … How do we use the Internet to better “govern” or “represent?” Engage or empower citizens? Or build trust and community capacity to solve problems ? Source: The Political Blogosphere and the 2004 U.S. Election: Divided They Blog By Lada Adamic and Natalie Glance

What next?

Moving from a red-blue virtual civil war to …

How do we use the Internet to better “govern” or “represent?”

Engage or empower citizens? Or build trust and community capacity to solve problems ?

Recent Articles Ten Practical Online Steps for Government Support of Democracy Part of new 47 page U.S. government publication about e-democracy titled, “How E-Government is Changing Society and Strengthening Democracy.” Also see - UK Local E-Democracy Project – See: www.icele.org

Ten Practical Online Steps for Government Support of Democracy

Part of new 47 page U.S. government publication about e-democracy titled, “How E-Government is Changing Society and Strengthening Democracy.”

Also see - UK Local E-Democracy Project – See: www.icele.org

Government Support for Democracy Online Timely, personalized access to information that matters. Help e-officials receive, sort and better understand and respond to e-mail.

Timely, personalized access to information that matters.

Help e-officials receive, sort and better understand and respond to e-mail.

E-mail notices in St. Paul

Democracy Portal with “e-democracy” policy, Queensland, Australia

Personalization Ideas Personalized tracking, user generated “hot” links Tell me when something is new like Google Alerts Democratized navigation Live Video

Personalized tracking, user generated “hot” links

Tell me when something is new like Google Alerts

Democratized navigation

Alberta Gov’s Web Feeds Those little orange icons

Those little orange icons

Right to Petition Government What is the Magna Carta’s expression in 2007? U.S. petitioning mostly about e-mail acquisition for advocacy not listening or redress of grievences

What is the Magna Carta’s expression in 2007?

U.S. petitioning mostly about e-mail acquisition for advocacy not listening or redress of grievences

UK Prime Minister’s e-Petitions 7 percent of British population have signed an e-petition here

Mobile Inbox SMS (text messages) out number voice calls 8 to 1 in the Philippines

SMS (text messages) out number voice calls 8 to 1 in the Philippines

Government Support for Democracy Online 3. Dedicate at least 10% of new e-government developments to democracy. Not “services first, democracy later.” 9. Fund open source sharing internationally across government.

3. Dedicate at least 10% of new e-government developments to democracy.

Not “services first, democracy later.”

9. Fund open source sharing internationally across government.

Deep Access and Accountability Estonia’s Today I Decide, Document Register, X-Road (below)

Estonia’s Today I Decide, Document Register, X-Road (below)

Gov Voter Guides in Korea

Mobile Photos to Enforce Anti-Corruption Election Laws

Government Support for Democracy Online 4. Announce all government public meetings on the Internet in a uniform matter. 5. Allow all people to look-up all of their elected officials from the very local to national in one search. 6. Host online public hearings and dialogues

4. Announce all government public meetings on the Internet in a uniform matter.

5. Allow all people to look-up all of their elected officials from the very local to national in one search.

6. Host online public hearings and dialogues

Scottish Parliament – Best Look and Feel Common committee templates, testimony, etc.

Common committee templates, testimony, etc.

Live Rural Villages Town Meeting, India –

Online Events and Consultations

Videoconferencing to District Office Video connection to district Formet Canadian MP Reg Alcock had an ISDN video link with district office as part of a pilot initiative. Held mid-week constituent meetings in part to ease the pressure on the weekend schedule.

Video connection to district

Formet Canadian MP Reg Alcock had an ISDN video link with district office as part of a pilot initiative. Held mid-week constituent meetings in part to ease the pressure on the weekend schedule.

Government Support for Democracy Online 7. Embrace the rule of law by mandating the most democratically empowering online services and rights across the whole of government. Open meeting laws, ethics information 8. Promote dissemination through access to raw data from decision-making information systems.

7. Embrace the rule of law by mandating the most democratically empowering online services and rights across the whole of government.

Open meeting laws, ethics information

8. Promote dissemination through access to raw data from decision-making information systems.

Accountability Deep Transparency – Yalova, Turkey They provided access to: Council decisions Immediate flow of incomes Daily flow of expenditures Municipal Tenders Citizen applications and document follow-up Wealth Declaration - Increase/decrease of income and wealth of top officials (on left) US – FederalSpending.Gov Poland – FOI Laws Require Budget Information Online

Deep Transparency – Yalova, Turkey

They provided access to:

Council decisions

Immediate flow of incomes

Daily flow of expenditures

Municipal Tenders

Citizen applications and document follow-up

Wealth Declaration - Increase/decrease of income and wealth of top officials (on left)

US – FederalSpending.Gov

Poland – FOI Laws Require Budget Information Online

Reuse Government Data – Make Useful Crime Data in Chicago

Scrape, Search and Notice TheyWorkforYou.com – mySociety UK “ Scrapes” the UK parliament website and adds notification and commenting features not offered on the official site. GovTrack.us and others scrape in U.S.

TheyWorkforYou.com – mySociety UK

“ Scrapes” the UK parliament website and adds notification and commenting features not offered on the official site.

GovTrack.us and others scrape in U.S.

Government Support for Democracy Online 10. Local up – Build a strategic approach to building local democracy online Absolute need for non-partisan, convening approaches Government, media, universities, non-profits, business all must contribute something Public interest use “of” the Internet not just “on” it

10. Local up – Build a strategic approach to building local democracy online

Absolute need for non-partisan, convening approaches

Government, media, universities, non-profits, business all must contribute something

Public interest use “of” the Internet not just “on” it

Citizens Online With my E-Democracy.Org hat on…

With my E-Democracy.Org hat on…

Top Five Citizen "to dos" for Democracy Online 1. Build our public lives online 2. Get candidates to make public promises 3. Contribute time or money online 4. Request information service and new government vision 5. Demand truly public spaces online, build local up

1. Build our public lives online

2. Get candidates to make public promises

3. Contribute time or money online

4. Request information service and new government vision

5. Demand truly public spaces online, build local up

Private Spaces with “Public” Qualities – v. Online Public Spaces

Like Minds Organize Easily

For the Non-Dog Lover

Need Public Spaces – Online Versions of Town Halls, Capitols Online public spaces, not just “public” commercial spaces Need for decorum, civility, agenda-setting, relevance, accountability <- The Minnesota Capitol Rotunda

Online public spaces, not just “public” commercial spaces

Need for decorum, civility, agenda-setting, relevance, accountability

<- The Minnesota Capitol Rotunda

Blogofest Destiny? Blogs democratize media, provide accountability Compared to forums, most are highly individualistic often privately controlled spaces with some dialogue Need own blog to join the e-ristocracy

Blogs democratize media, provide accountability

Compared to forums, most are highly individualistic often privately controlled spaces with some dialogue

Need own blog to join the e-ristocracy

Creating Public Space - Issues Forums Librarian Reporter Arts Group City Councilor Candidate Local Biz Ctizen #1 Advocacy Group Neighborhood Leader Mayor Forum Manager Citizen 500 Police Citizens Issues Forum GroupServer e-mails posts web view Subscribe once Commitment secured Post via e-mail/web New Resident City Hall “ Secondary Networks ” e-mail forwards Civil Society Personal Networks Local Media Coverage

Issues Forums – E-Democracy.Org Recent Topics Local schools Support for area war veterans Neighborhood park changes Water quality and shortage Crime and policing Candidates and elections Feral cat problem Racetrack noise pollution

Local schools

Support for area war veterans

Neighborhood park changes

Water quality and shortage

Crime and policing

Candidates and elections

Feral cat problem

Racetrack noise pollution

Issues Forums

10 Communities and Growing Starting with service club-like local “democracy committee” Now in: Minneapolis, St. Paul, Roseville, Winona, MN Clean energy experiment in Pioneer Valley, MA Brighton, Bristol, Newham, and Oxford Canterbury (Christchurch), New Zealand Adding neighborhood forums, rural efforts

Starting with service club-like local “democracy committee”

Now in:

Minneapolis, St. Paul, Roseville, Winona, MN

Clean energy experiment in Pioneer Valley, MA

Brighton, Bristol, Newham, and Oxford

Canterbury (Christchurch), New Zealand

Adding neighborhood forums, rural efforts

Challenges Transition to participant donations Technology/resources for new communities and expansion Social networking “sucking sound” Big difference between “ Pubicizing” private life and personal networks Making local “public life” accessible any where, any time where people step up as “citizens”

Transition to participant donations

Technology/resources for new communities and expansion

Social networking “sucking sound”

Big difference between

“ Pubicizing” private life and personal networks

Making local “public life” accessible any where, any time where people step up as “citizens”

Building Democracy and Community Online I-35W Bridge Collapse over Mississippi River It could have been anyone. Community shared their stories, offered help via Internet. E-Democracy.Org forums provide vital space for discussion. Collaborative &quot;wiki&quot; created content commons.

I-35W Bridge Collapse over Mississippi River

It could have been anyone.

Community shared their stories, offered help via Internet.

E-Democracy.Org forums provide vital space for discussion.

Collaborative &quot;wiki&quot; created content commons.

Wiki

E-Debates

Citizen Content Voter Voices response to e-debate and more YouTube Video, Flickr pictures, Del.icio.us links and blog posts tagged “mnpolitics” http://e-democracy.org/voices

Voter Voices response to e-debate and more

YouTube Video, Flickr pictures, Del.icio.us links and blog posts tagged “mnpolitics”

http://e-democracy.org/voices

Project Blog

Conclusion

Frustration Today Failure of technological determinism People expect two-way, those in power still one-way Private lives dominate &quot;public life&quot; online

Failure of technological determinism

People expect two-way, those in power still one-way

Private lives dominate &quot;public life&quot; online

Opportunity Realistic, incremental change -trial and error improvements Technology and tools advancing - Internet always on, everywhere, in everything Rule of law and funding priorities in government, media, and civil society

Realistic, incremental change -trial and error improvements

Technology and tools advancing - Internet always on, everywhere, in everything

Rule of law and funding priorities in government, media, and civil society

Conclusion Build democracy with the new tools of today. Links, blog/e-newsletter, online groups, and more from http:// stevenclift.com

Build democracy with the new tools of today.

Links, blog/e-newsletter, online groups, and more from http:// stevenclift.com

Links to Everything From: http://stevenclift.com

From:

http://stevenclift.com

FYI - Briefs and Case Studies Case Studies Canadian International Policy eDiscussions Community Blogging - Northfield, Minnesota Community Forums and News in Subang Jaya - Malaysia Listening to the City - New York City Madrid Participa NordPol - Northern Denmark Queensland's E-democracy Leadership Seoul's Online Policy Forum Seattle's Online Civic Engagement Initiative Briefs Advanced Web Comment Forms Budget Proposals Online Content Syndication Community Portals Democracy Portal Democratized Navigation Elected Official Videos E-mail Response Policy E-Newsletters E-Notification Geographic Personalisation M-Democracy - Mobile Content SMS Citizen Input Voter Education Online Wireless Internet http://dowire.org/wiki/UK_highlights

Case Studies

Canadian International Policy eDiscussions

Community Blogging - Northfield, Minnesota

Community Forums and News in Subang Jaya - Malaysia

Listening to the City - New York City

Madrid Participa

NordPol - Northern Denmark

Queensland's E-democracy Leadership

Seoul's Online Policy Forum

Seattle's Online Civic Engagement Initiative

Briefs

Advanced Web Comment Forms

Budget Proposals Online

Content Syndication

Community Portals

Democracy Portal

Democratized Navigation

Elected Official Videos

E-mail Response Policy

E-Newsletters

E-Notification

Geographic Personalisation

M-Democracy - Mobile Content

SMS Citizen Input

Voter Education Online

Wireless Internet

Discussion Questions