TY - BOOK AU - NOVECK Beth Simone TI - Wiki government: how technology can make government better, democracy stronger, and citizens more powerful SN - 9780815702757 (hbk.) : PY - 2009/// CY - Washington DC PB - Brookings Institution Press KW - WIKIS (COMPUTER SCIENCE) KW - POLITICAL ASPECTS KW - UNITED STATES KW - POLITICAL PARTICIPATION KW - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT KW - PATENT PROCESS KW - TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION N2 - 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 ER -