California Secretary of State Debra Bowen spoke to the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet's Politics Online conference on Monday about how she has embraced new technologies to make government more accessible and accountable to the public. She and Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner emphasized the promise of cloud computing, the storage of large amounts of data by external hosting providers with the goal of saving money and increasing efficiency. The California government will soon move to a cloud computing structure on election night, Bowen said. She also articulated the promise and perils of social networking site Facebook and microblogging tool Twitter. Neither is good for having a complex discussion about complicated issues, said Bowen, who personally handles both of her accounts and as such can communicate directly with citizens. "You drive your communications department to drink," she laughed. "You hate to be the worst leak in your office." Watch the video of Bowen's speech above to learn more.
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