Wiki government : how technology can make government better, democracy stronger, and citizens more powerful /

NOVECK Beth Simone

Wiki government : how technology can make government better, democracy stronger, and citizens more powerful / Beth Simone Noveck - Washington DC : Brookings Institution Press, 2009 - xxii, 224 p.

Describes an idea to use information technology and peer computing to radically improve the work of the US Patent & Trademark Office. The concept of Peer-to-Patent was launched in 2007. According to the book this kind of approach could help policymakers improve decisionmaking by harnessing networks to public institutions.

9780815702757 (hbk.) : 27.31 USD


WIKIS (COMPUTER SCIENCE)--POLITICAL ASPECTS
UNITED STATES--POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
UNITED STATES--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
PATENT PROCESS--TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION--UNITED STATES