New Governance Models
“Gov 2.0”—a commitment to apply networked technologies to achieve more transparent, open, and effective governance at all levels of government—promises to reconfigure traditional interactions between citizens and policymakers. Activists, academics, policymakers, and technologists alike are exploring how new technologies, tools, and platforms can improve and potentially transform traditional rule-making, regulatory processes, and judicial institutions.
The Law Lab's current efforts to understand, evaluate, and develop new digital models align closely with the concept of Gov 2.0. We are exploring how online concepts—from open governance, social networking, collaboration, identity management, crowdsourcing, dispute resolution, cloudlaw, and e-commerce—might lend themselves to applications within government. How is government interest in online tools and norms stimulating innovative forms of regulation, governance, enforcement and civic participation? What service layers, including security, privacy, and reputation systems, must be in place to ensure credibility and transparency? The Law Lab is exploring how these mechanisms can be designed and applied to a new generation of governance models.
Workshop: Exploring Next Generation Governance Models
On September 10 – 11, 2009 the Law Lab hosted a workshop series in collaboration with O'Reilly Media, Inc. with generous support from The Aspen Institute and The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The event sought to build on the O’Reilly Gov 2.0 Summit by continuing the conversation regarding opportunities to update our understanding of government institutions.
