It seems as if everything has a 2.0 equivalent these days… perhaps to the point of excess. As one commentator noted, “Using “2.0” to denote applying new social technology to a noun has become practically ubiquitous.”

I, for example, work on Government 2.0, a term that is now applied half-hazardly to any government activity associated with social media, wikis, or participative tools – no matter whether the result is closer to the 2.0 than the 1.0 on the scale.

If you were to ask us for a definition we’d answer that “Government 2.0 is a new breed of public sector organization that opens its doors to the world; co-innovates with everyone, especially citizens; shares resources that were previously closely guarded; harnesses the power of mass collaboration; and behaves not as an isolated department or jurisdiction, but as something new – a truly integrated organization.” Government 2.0 isn’t just about Obama, or just about engagement but rather it about how agencies provide services, create policy and structure the workplace using new technologies, tools and most important, a new culture of participation, openness and trust.

So when Mark Drapeau (Associate Research Fellow directing the Social Software for Security project at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy of the National Defense University in Washington, DC) blogged about “Renaming Government 2.0” we were evidently interested. Anthony and I have discussed a possible name change over the past several months but have yet to find anything better.

So can the crowds do a better job and find a title that does this transformation justice?

So far the top submissions include Quantam Gov, WeGov, YouGov, etc… nothing that I find any better or more descriptive than the 2.0. Can you think of anything better?

If anything this comment takes it…. “How about…democracy?! Isn’t this what democracy has always supposed to have been – participation from everyone?”

Or maybe even better: “This may be the one opportunity to NOT get caught up in tech marketing jargon. Why not just Government. Did we rename it when we went from the pony express to the modern day postal system?”