Rialtas.net – Government 2.0

Interesting article by FRANK DILLON in this weeks Irish Times Innovation Magazine. The role of the citizen in creating a new Ireland is an important one. What foundations, skills and moral attributes should the perfect citizen have?… …Perhaps its time to look at what was once viewed as the old-fashioned notion of citizenship. What is [...]

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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.. [...]

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Via Publictechnology.net According to a recent Ofcom survey Only 55 per cent of UK citizens has used a government or council website Just half of the UK population has used the internet in the last year to access information about government or local council services or completed a government form or process online, according to [...]

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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 [...]

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Helen Milner highlights the importance of digital inclusion as she discusses a recent report from the UK Online Centres which found that £2.6 billion can be saved by the British Economy if they could bridge the digital divide. What price happiness? The question is of course rhetorical. How can you put a price on something [...]

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