Rialtas.net – Government 2.0

One of the U.S. Geological Survey’s unique responsibilities is the monitoring and reporting of earthquakes, which affect the daily lives of people around the world. By mining real-time tweets, the USGS expands its suite of seismically derived information and obtains first-hand accounts of shaking seconds after an earthquake occurs. The USGS is automatically gathering, summarizing, [...]

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Wyatt Kash argues on Government Computer News that while it’s easy to snipe about how basic some of these US Federal Government approches to Web 2.0  might be, the important point is the renaissance that is taking place on federal Web sites. In many cases, federal Web sites are finding innovative ways to serve the [...]

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HM Treasury Consultative website receives over 31,000 Ideas the spending challenge website offers a chance to the UK public to help to shape the way their government works. The best ideas will be considered as part of the Spending Review 2010, which will be concluded on October 20th 2010. Visit website.

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From the NYtimes.com Talking about government and computer programming most likely doesn’t evoke the feeling of “fun” for most Americans. But a group of Web geeks and technology leaders is trying to change that with a new nonprofit project, Code for America, which aims to import the efficiency of the Web into government infrastructures. The group, [...]

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http://lap.kilkennycoco.ie/ At Kilkenny County Council we have just launched a consultative website for the forward planning department. The new website allows members of the public to comment on and to make submissions to the Local Area Plan. These comments and submissions are considered by the Council in the formulation of the Local Area Plans. We [...]

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The guidance makes it easier for agencies to use social media and requires steps to ensure better rule-making and spending transparency. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek April 7, 2010 01:33 PM Even as federal agencies release their plans for complying with the Obama administration’s open government requirements, the administration announced additional open government guidance Wednesday. [...]

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Code for America is anew website aiming to help city governments become more transparent, connected and efficient by connecting the talents of cutting-edge web developers with people who deliver city services and want to embrace the transformative power of the web to achieve more impact with less money.   Inspired in part by Teach for [...]

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By Matthew Weigelt on FCW.com As the president of the United States last week addressed Congress about the state of the union, he’s going before the public Feb. 3 to answer their questions about the state of the country via YouTube. President Barack Obama will use the Web to offer the public a direct and [...]

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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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Government 2010 will examine how next generation government is set to change in the light of social, media and technology change. The conference is a video streamed conference,which  will be broadcast live on the web from London. Keynote speakers include Peter Kellner (YouGov); Adam Afriyie MP (Shadow Minister, Innovation); Iain Dale (Political Blogger and Broadcaster); [...]

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