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Te Way to Gov 2.0

An Enterprise Approach to Web 2.0 in Government

A Microsoft U.S. Public Sector White Paper, March 2009

Contributors: Dean Halstead, Senior Federal Collaboration Architect; Nina Somerville, State and Local GovernmentSpecialist; Bob Straker, Senior Federal Collaboration Architect; and Cliff Ward, Senior Federal Collaboration Architect

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