Government crowdsourcing

<p>Government crowdsourcing is a form of <a href="/facts/Crowdsourcing/pIjlvb3E">crowdsourcing</a> employed by governments to better leverage their constituents' collective knowledge and experience. It has tended to take the form of public feedback, project development, or petitions in the past, but has grown to include public drafting of bills and constitutions, among other things. This form of public involvement in the governing process differs from older systems of popular action, from town halls to referendums, in that it is primarily conducted online or through a similar IT medium.
</p><p>Various thinkers, including but not limited to Daren Brabham, <a href="/facts/Beth_Simone_Noveck/1QMeUYMD">Beth Noveck</a>, and <a href="/facts/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Landemore/DPkK7rQh">Helene Landemore</a>, have each presented their own definitions of what crowdsourcing as a whole, and government crowdsourcing by extension, necessarily entails, but there has been no consensus thus far.  Governments which have adopted crowdsourcing as a method of information gathering, policy guidance, and in some cases a vital part of the lawmaking process include Brazil, Finland, Iceland, Egypt, Tunisia, and the United States, among many others. 
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Government crowdsourcing