Wiki-government: How technology can make government better, democracy stronger, and citizens more influential. Novek B.S.

The advent of the Internet and collaborative information technologies makes it possible to change the work of existing government institutions and create new mechanisms for solving problems at the local, regional, and national levels. The author puts forward the idea of creating a wiki government — a new culture of government that involves citizens with unique competencies and who are ready to offer their experience and knowledge to the country for remote work. The prototype of such collaborative work is Peer-to-Patent — an interactive project that has radically changed the patenting process. It is based on the work of volunteer teams, relying on social networking technologies. This approach makes it possible to increase the efficiency of government structures, strengthen and improve democracy through a new form of collective action, creating, as the author claims, "a government of the people, for the people, and with the participation of the people."