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A jam-packed program of more than two-dozen, 5-minute presentations in five categories made for a potentially mind numbing day. Yet the Gov2.0 Expo Showcase, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC yesterday, was full of poignant, powerful and pithy examples of successful web 2.0 initiatives happening throughout federal, state and local governments.


If social media is having such a strong impact in diplomatic circles, specifically, China and Iran as discussed in today’s NextGov article: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090708_6453.php, what is the potential impact for influencing how the US government operates, communicates and sets policy?


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