Clegg and Cameron are sipping their social media cocktail as we speak. The tall glasses and colourful umbrellas were popular enough to crash the Your Freedom’s website on opening day. But although the PR side has been enormously successful, does the government really understand how to turn inputs into real output? Successful Crowdsourcing is measured by its production. Right now Clegg and Cameron have recruited and engaged their crowd but can they precipitate the information into real results. Can Your Freedom really change the law for the better and can the Spending Challenge stop the UK drowning in debt?

A few days ago we spoke with E-Government Bulletin to outline the main challenges the government faces with Your Freedom. The same applies to Spending Challenge. The government have aggregated its Crowd and responses but they haven’t demonstrated or explained how they will sustain their contributors through effective management and have the necessary systems in place to harness it.

We admire the buzz created – exampled below.

But how will the government step from buzz through Crowdsourcing to results that juice our day to day?