This document discusses the game changing role of enterprise mashups in government. It notes that government IT departments are under pressure to improve services while finding cost savings. Enterprise mashups can help by reducing costs through app development without large IT teams and by integrating siloed data and apps. Mashups emerged as a genre to create situational apps quickly by combining existing online data and tools. Governments can benefit from mashups to cut costs, improve transparency, support remote work, and address other drivers of IT innovation.