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Speech by Irish E-Government Minister at Programme Software and Systems Quality Conference

April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Ireland, Web 2.0, e-government

I think that this might be the first government statement on eGovernment in Ireland in several years…..
Some Excerpts..
Developing an Inclusive Knowledge Society
Taking that “end-user” perspective as my starting point I see the main requirement of ‘quality’ as the degree to which technology meets the expectations the demands that people have.
The development of an inclusive Knowledge […]

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Government 2.0 What would Google Do? (BuzzMachine)

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Government 2.0, USA, Web 2.0, Wisdom of Crowds

Jeff Jarvis (BuzzMachine) is currently working on a book - WWGD? - What Would Google Do? in which he says he is reverse-engineering Google, taking the lessons and rules he finds in their singular success in the internet economy and applying them to other companies, industries, and institutions.
On his blog he sets out some of […]

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Politics 2.0

April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics, USA, Web 2.0

Some interesting speculation on ‘Politics 2.0′ from Mike Farmer  On the Bonzai Real Estate Blog…
Imagine thousands of citizens vying for elected positions using blogs, social networks, websites that reveal all their qualifications, vetted by connected users across the country interacting with the candidates on a daily basis. It would be beautiful chaos, democracy in action, […]

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