[codecamper]

Well of course I don't mean to completely replace the government.

But how about making it more lean? How about modernizing with the times? How about making it all much more transparent and accountable? Couldn't open source software do all of this?

We could start with systems that are used by smaller, poorer countries & grow from there.

A visa processing system might be a good start.

[pratnala]

I completely agree with this. First, we need to make the lawmakers that such a system is necessary which is understandably, a bigger challenge.