Hot on the heals of the announced cuts to the US online transparency programme comes another example of "How not to do Gov2.0"

For those of you who may not be aware, the New Zealand city of Christchurch suffered a large earth quake (6.1 on the scale) back in late February, causing wide spread damage and taking the lives of 166 people. Very soon after the earthquake hit, the government went into action to manage the disaster, and number of volunteer groups stepped up to the plate to assist the people of Christchurch.