Embarrassingly, I had never heard of this guy. I quickly set out to change that by reading this article. Apparently Tim O'Reilly is a respected innovator who came up with this Gov 2.0 idea. I don't know how many of you are checking this blog to learn about politics so i'll let you look into it more if you want.
But definitely take the time to look into Tim O'Reilly a little more. He's pretty interesting and is sure to get you thinking. Just another source of inspiration as you walk on and make an impact on the world.
Here are some links for quick reference:
http://www.gov2expo.com/gov2expo2010
http://www.gov2summit.com/gov2009
http://oreilly.com/oreilly/tim_bio.html
http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html