Accenture, has just published a report, From e-Government to e-Governance, recommending ways in which Goverment might enahnce its services to the public.
A key recommendation in the report is for public sector organisations not to build everything from scratch themselves, but to capitalise on the popularity of outside websites, including ones set up for social networking [...]
From e-Government to e-Governance
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Government Policy, Government as Platform, Reports, UK, Web 2.0, e-government
Tags: e-government·Government as Platform·Government Policy·Reports·UK·Web 2.0
China’s Web 2.0 Nightmare
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Asia, Government Policy, Legal Issues, Society, Web 2.0
The 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1 took on symbolic importance not only for the Communist Party, but also for connoisseurs of China’s Internet controls. The thinking by some was that with the last of a series of sensitive anniversaries this year now finally behind us, the guardians of China’s [...]
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Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global good
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Africa, Government Policy, Philosophy, Politics, Society, Trust, UK, Video, e-Democracy, e-government, eInclusion/Digital Divide, transparency
gordon brown on global society, and how technology enables a global community to fundamentally change the world..discusses how in future foreign policy
should not be dictated by political elites, but instead should be run by listening to the public opinions of people who are blogging and using other
online technologies to communicate across the world..
he discusses combining [...]
Tags: Africa·e-democract·e-government·e-Inclusion·Government Policy·Philosophy·Politics·Society·transparency·Trust·UK