Alexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O’Reilly Media, where he reports on how technology, open government and online civics. He’ll be reporting live from the upcoming Gov2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C., on May 25-27.

What is government 2.0? Tim O’Reilly describes it as government working as a platform. Others might describe it as applying the technologies that make up Web 2.0 to the practice of government, including blogs, wikis, social networking and crowdsourcing. The simplest way of describing government 2.0 may be any technology that helps citizens or agencies solve problems, either for individuals or the community, and enables government to operate more efficiently or effectively.

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