Rialtas.net - Government 2.0

Web 2.0 acts as accelerant in pending corporate Darwinian shake-out, says Palladium Group CEO- excerpts from a post by Dana Gardner on ZDNet.com on October 24th, 2008
Some excerpts from Dana’s post:
The impact of Web 2.0 technologies on the current global economic downturn will hasten the demise of closed and siloed corporate cultures while providing a […]

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Tom Steinberg (MySociety) was interviewed by Michael Cross for the Guardian Newspaper, the article was published on 23rd October 2008.
Fixmystreet already enables anyone with a browser to report potholes, fly-tipping and other nuisances without needing to know which public authority is responsible for them. All you have to do is click on a map and […]

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From Federal Computer Week October 25th 2008
The Office of Management and Budget has asked the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) to host an online discussion about health care and privacy.
During the “National Dialogue on Health Information Technology and Privacy,” which takes place this week, health IT experts will post questions, propose ideas, suggest solutions […]

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Came across this text ‘Network Citizens: Power and Responsibility at Work‘ via Paul Glazowski at Mashable.com

Here is an excerpt from the foreword by Robert Ainger, Corporate Director, Orange Business
One of the key findings within this research is the tension that distinctions between purely personal and professional life are becoming increasingly blurred and that this is […]

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Mark Elliott whose company http://collabforge.com consulted for and built the http://futuremelbourne.com.au planning wiki  in Melbourne was recently interviewed by Howard Rheingold. During the interview Mark speaks about the benefits of using a wiki for Civic Planning in general and of the experience of running the Melbourne wiki project.

See also an earlier post on Mark’s PhD Disseration on  Stigmergic Collaboration
http://www.rialtas.net/blog/2008/02/21/stigmergic-collaboration/#more-63
See also
http://www.rialtas.net/blog/2008/07/31/kilkenny-county-council-planning-wiki-first-use-of-a-wiki-by-a-government-organisation-in-ireland-as-part-of-a-public-consultative-process/#more-106
 

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I have just returned from attending (and speaking at) the ‘Seminar - Citizen Participation in the Wiki and Facebook Era ‘ at the IPA in Dublin. An interesting and worthwhile day..
All of the presentations were very interesting and will all be online shortly. I will update you on their availability and provide a full report […]

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 I  met Krishna De at the recent eGovernment Symposium held in Dublin. We did not get a chance to talk properly at the event but Krishna interviewed me about the Kilkenny County Council Wiki project over Skype the following day.
The Interview is online as part of Krishna’s hour long podcast at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/PodcampIreland
You can also download […]

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Article By Doug Beizer on Federal Computer Week.
Members of Congress will be able to use Web sites such as YouTube and Twitter to communicate with constituents under new regulations adopted by the House Administration Committee.
The ability to use those Web 2.0 sites was threatened this summer when rules about the use of such sites were […]

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The IPA (Institute of Public Administration- Ireland)
Is running a one day seminar in Dublin on 24th October.
The Speakers are David Osimo, Dr Paul Hodgkin, Dr James Munro, Derek Chambers ,Kieran Lenihan and myself.
Further details and the agenda are listed below.
This seminar seeks to:
• Give participants a clearer understanding of the Web 2.0 concept and its […]

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from an article by Tim Ferguson on Silicon.com
Businesses should exploit their employees’ knowledge of web 2.0 in order to fully take advantage of the tech, according to analysts.
With more consumers than ever involved with social networking, user-generated content and cloud-based apps, businesses should be using their employees’ web 2.0 skills to make the workforce more […]

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