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Virtual networks: an opportunity for government: the increasing power of computing is enabling a new generation of Web-based applications--Web 2.0--to harness collective intelligence in the public sector.

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Today's government relies on a broad network that extends beyond other public-sector entities to include the private sector, nonprofit organizations, community groups, and individual citizens. Government entities need to work effectively across boundaries that impede the collaboration and information sharing required to innovate and change.

"Virtualizing" these networks gives government the opportunity to extend outside its institutions and employ the resources of nongovernmental organizations and the citizenry at large. It also provides government leaders with new ways to reach deeper into their own organizations to leverage the wealth of ...

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