COLLABORATION TOOLS FOR GOVERNMENTS THROUGH DRUPAL
"According to Erickson with Drupal, governments and organizations can collaborate more effectively and also reach out to their constituents more easily. He pointed to a recent initiative in London, where the city used Drupal to inform the public about its goal of increased racial equality by publishing a white paper online that outlined the steps they were taking as well as conducting an online survey to gather the feelings of the public on the issue. ... “The notion that you can have an open dialogue with citizens is becoming the norm,” Erickson says. He points out that while some state and local governments may be concerned about the push for openness and whether or not that will leave them vulnerable, it’s actually the opposite. Governments that release data can end up strengthening their relationship with their citizens. Additionally, people tend to do more interesting things with the data then the government otherwise would."

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