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The former head of the Government 2.0 Taskforce, Dr Nicholas Gruen, has handed in his report card on the major parties use of Gov 2.0 principles.Editors Note: Please see Dr Gruens comment below. This report card should be viewed as simply Dr Gruens impressions and not an in-depth analysis piece.Labor Senator, Kate LundyA really very prominent backbencher, Kate Lundy, who as a shadow minister, was switched on by this stuff. She brought it into her own practice and used it to leverage her own influence in a fantastically creative and productive way.Shes a fair way ahead of the Greens from what Ive seen, but that could be because shes maybe shes drawn herself to my attention more than they have – I can only report what I see.When she became aware the Gov 2.0 report was being launched she was very active to get it launched at her public sphere event, which we did. She was just right in there participating and thats not been the case with any other parliamentarian.Former Labor minister, Lindsay Tanner, and former Prime Minister, Kevin RuddThe Labor party had people like Lindsay Tanner - who is unfortunately going - interested in cabinet, and Kevin Rudd was also interested in it, how committed is not clear because you only find that out when people have to make difficult choices and priorities, and he had other things to think about. Prime Minister, Julia GillardIs only just now putting her toe in the water. I dont know how to rate her views on open government, except shes been part of the process that has produced a first class declaration of open government in the existing government.As far as Gov 2.0 participation is concerned Gillards involvement has been fairly elementary. A month ago she said its time to take the plunge on Twitter, good on her, shes learning the ropes I think. Liberal MP Treasurer, Joe HockeyFull marks to Joe Hockey for trying to disrupt the ghastly thing called question time with Twitter. Tweeting during question time is a good thing. Question time is not an avenue for political accountability, its an avenue for political point scoring.Liberal MP and former Leader, Malcolm TurnbullI posted a post on my blog Club Troppo asking whether there are any coalition members of parliament that get Gov 2.0, comparable to ALP.A few people suggested Malcolm Turnbull which makes some sense, because I sort of noticed he was quite good with emails and Twitter fairly early on Malcolm Turnbull seems like a more switched on parliamentarian or senior member of a party than most to Web 2.0 issues, but there may be others in the ALP who are doing as well whom Ive not noticed.Greens Senator, Scott LudlamHe seems to be doing it a bit, you might have expected more from the Greens given their community baseThere were no Greens in there participating in the Gov 2.0 Taskforce with anything like the vigour that Kate Lundy did. Web 2.0 election campaign: Rudd v GillardDoesnt seem shes doing it with the vigour he did it, but thats not a criticism just an observation, I think politicians see these media as vehicles for them to get their message out and thats what you would expect.Gov 2.0 think tankThe Centre of Policy Development has impressed me the most regarding Web 2.0. The other think tanks are all adept at using Facebook and Twitter to get their message out – as lost of pollies are, but CPD really does try to use Web 2.0 as a platform to get work done – like Kate Lundy. They sent us an excellent compilation of opinion from the frontline of Web 2.0 for their submission to the Government 2.0 Taskforce. Copyright © 2010 IDG Communications, Inc. SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in Monday as the 38th governor of California, replacing Gray Davis, who was voted out of office seven weeks ago. I am humbled, moved and honored beyond words to be your governor, Schwarzenegger said moments after being sworn in. Today is a new day in California, he said. Schwarzenegger inherits a state government saddled with a huge budget deficit, a stagnant economy and a legislature dominated by Democrats embittered by the recall of Davis less than a year after he was elected to a second term. Drawing loud cheers from his audience, Schwarzenegger said his first act will be to sign an executive order repealing an unpopular increase in the states automobile registration fees. The move, while politically popular, will make the states budget deficit even worse. He said hell also call a special session of the states legislature to consider measures to cut spending and reform the states workers compensation rules, amid widespread complaints from business leaders that costs are spiraling out of control and forcing them to leave the state. Democratic leaders in Sacramento have been quick to promise a fight if the new governor attempts to balance the budget by cutting popular education and benefits programs. Schwarzenegger, a moderate Republican, offered few details of his plans to close the states huge budget gap. Estimates of the size of the states budget deficit jumped over the weekend. Schwarzeneggers own advisers raised their estimates of the shortfall to $25 billion. Although thats twice as large as was previously reported, earlier estimates assumed the adoption of certain budget adjustments that the administration isnt using in its numbers. A formal budget proposal is high on the new governors list of priorities, and is due for delivery to the Democratic-controlled legislature in early January. A high-profile list of official and unofficial advisers from both major parties has signed on to help the new governor. Among them are financier Warren Buffett, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, and Donna Arduin, whom Schwarzenegger hired away from Florida, where she was working for Gov. Jeb Bush. Regardless of the states financial difficulties, Schwarzeneggers celebrity status is bringing far more press attention to the state capital than it has received in recent years. Sacramento is more than 300 miles from the heavily populated Los Angeles region, and its an hour and a half drive from the San Francisco Bay Area. However, a press crowd of more than 600 reporters has gathered from around the world to cover the inauguration. There has never been this kind of intense media attention on the governor at anytime in the state, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a University of Southern California political analyst, told the Associated Press. Schwarzenegger is likely to count on that celebrity, as well as that of his newscaster wife Maria Shriver, to help deal with legislators unwilling to vote for program cuts or other reform measures.

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