One major issue about open gov though is that not everyone in America would be able to access it. Although we are becoming "wired" between communities there is still a huge population of America that does not have internet access. In SF there already is a initiative for universal internet access and they started a petition http://www.resetsanfrancisco.org/petition/san-francisco-guarantee-universal-internet-access If we really want open gov that can only be achieved by 100% of the population.