What strategies might be employed to adopt greater use of Web 2.0 in government agencies?

The title of this post is derived from the question the US government is currently asking American citizens in the Open Government Brainstorm.

The site allows individuals to suggest ideas for open government, and rate those of other - providing a prioritisation list that the US Federal government can then choose to act on.

Other questions the site asks the public to consider are,

• How might the operations of government be made more transparent and accountable?
  
  
• How might federal advisory committees, rulemaking or electronic rulemaking be better used to drive greater expertise into decisionmaking?
  
  
• What alternative models exist to improve the quality of decisionmaking and increase opportunities for citizen participation?
  
  
• What strategies might be employed to adopt greater use of Web 2.0 in agencies?
  
  
• What policy impediments to innovation in government currently exist?
  
  
• What is the best way to change the culture of government to embrace collaboration?
  
  
• What changes in training or hiring of personnel would enhance innovation?
  
  
• What performance measures are necessary to determine the effectiveness of open government policies?

They all seem to reflect the same questions we're grappling with in Australian government - albeit in a more fragmented manner.

The Open Government Brainstorming site is build on an online tool, Ideascale, which I've used personally. It is extremely easy to use and fast to set up.

I often wonder what it will take to get Australian governments to use similar cheap and fast online tools to consult the Australian people.

However at least we can leverage off the ideas suggested in the US using this site.