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Government at The EdgeThe emergence of a new public sector

Martin Stewart-Weeks

Director, Public Sector (Asia-Pacific), Internet Business Solutions Group

msweeks@cisco.com

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Paul Baran’s Theory of Distributed Networks…the World of “Connectedness”

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…a capacity for rapid learning and innovation, for large-scale collaboration and shared power and for new patterns of engagement with a more complicated and rapidly evolving mix of interests and people outside of government,

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Participation,

collaboration,

transparency and

engagement.

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Harnessing distributed intelligence and empowerment

Creating social capital to fuel innovation and invention, and

Creating new platforms to more effectively connect people, knowledge and services.

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The network as a platform for creativity and collaboration

The power of us

Empower the edge

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Government 2.0?

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