When Barack Obama took office on January 20, he issued a memorandum on Transparency and Open Government.

Government should be transparent.  Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing.  Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset. My Administration will take appropriate action, consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly in forms that the public can readily find and use. Executive departments and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the public. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.

from whitehouse.gov, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/

And what does this mean for you? It means that government agencies will be more receptive of using web 2.0 to shed light on their activities. As a web developer, this should get you PUMPED up! I can’t wait to see how web 2.0 will help our government and our country!