Federal bureaucracies are often accused of being a step slow in integrating new technology. But as the Washington Post’s Stephen Barr reports, the Office of Management and Budget has done much with the information-sharing technology used to create Wikipedia. Last year, OMB worked with other federal agencies to create a database of all Congressional earmarks. The Wiki has since expanded from earmark information to a place where agencies can exchange information and ideas. And they’ve even changed the name from “Budget Community” to the relatively more exciting, and inclusive, “The Max Federal Community".   Read Stephen Barr’s article here.

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