Governor Patrick Engages Cititzens in Solving the State's Budget Crisis

The National Governors Association's weekly newsletter, Front and Center, recently featured a new approach to grassroots engagement. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick launched an Online Community Forum, to bring the state's citizens into the process of solving the budget crisis and bringing innovative ideas to government. The site describes this as a pioneering effort to create a dialogue between state government and citizens. For information on accountability through community engagement.