[With the federal government in transition, and high expectations for the Obama Administration to revolutionize how government uses the web and other technology to make its processes more open, interactive and effective, we thought it would be interesting to repost this white paper, which was recently posted online by the Federal Web Managers Council. The council is an interagency group of almost 30 senior web managers from the federal government, that includes web directors from every cabinet-level agency, several independent agencies, and representatives from the judicial and legislative branches. It serves as the steering committee for the Web Content Managers Forum, a group of nearly 1,500 government web managers across the country. These folks are on the front-line of how government uses the web--and as you'll see from what follows, they're chomping at the bit to move forward into the Networked Age. The Editors.]

Open government web wonks and digital politics geeks (and really, why else would be you be here?) have been fascinated with the stylish online transition "campaign" waged at Change.gov by the incoming Obama Administration in formation.

But come January 20th, the real digital change action may well switch venues - keep your eye on a couple of key Federal executive branch sites for signs that Barack Obama's team really does want to change the way citizens interact with the Federal government (or not).