OAuth is a popular technology that companies like Facebook and Twitter have used to integrate with applications developed by outside parties (e.g. "Sign in with Twitter")
- "Sign in with your City of XYZ account" on community/third party developed web apps
- per-transaction/fixed rate/etc payments from gov to NGO developers
- lightweight tech procurement via API (as opposed to the system currently in place: see http://requestforawesome.com)
- ability to start and cancel contracts eeasily -- think Heroku Add-ons for government services