Connect and Collaborate with NASA — Utilizing Web 2.0 media tools NASA created a website site to connect the public to their data while also allowing an easy way to collaborate with NASA. The collaboration is done through numerous contests, educational games, and projects. As of February 2010 the site is being updated and revised but has the potential to further its success.

San Francisco's 311 on Twitter — In an effort to improve 311 service and simultaneously lower costs, the City of San Francisco launched SF 311 on Twitter on June 2nd, 2009. SF 311 on Twitter is a Twitter-based platform that allows residents to access 311 services online. Although not yet a feasible replacement for phone-based 311 services, SF 311 on Twitter can serve as a complement to the phone-based system, strengthening San Francisco's existing 311 service with capabilities that were previously unavailable.

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President Obama has called for government to become more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. The Collaboration Project recently issued a paper highlighting three priorities that the new President must focus on to make this vision a reality.

The paper, titled Enabling Collaboration: Three Priorities for the New Administration, encourages the President to: 1) create an open technology environment, 2) treat data as a national asset, and 3) foster a culture and framework for collaboration.

By focusing on these priorities, President Obama can begin transforming federal agencies and departments so that they can execute the goal of a more open and transparent democracy.

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