Rialtas.net – Government 2.0

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 Ofcom [...]

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I have just read an excellent Edge essay, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb who continues his examination of Black Swans, the highly improbable and unpredictable events that have massive impact. Taleb claims that those who are putting society at risk are “no true statisticians”, merely people using statistics either without understanding them, or in a self-serving [...]

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Civil servants fear the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on struggling IT projects will mean that all 111 public sector projects will now be tarred with the same brush- A Silicon Republic Report in the Irish Independent 17 January 2008
The C&AG’s report is due before the Public Accounts Committee in the coming months and secretaries [...]

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There is an article in yesterday’s Irish Independent by Marie Boran on the international success of several Irish Mobile software companies.
With €180m in turnover in 2007 and 70 indigenous companies, the mobile telecoms sector in Ireland is healthy to say the least but more than that, a certain few are beginning to emerge as global [...]

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Facebook in talks to set up Irish base
The emerging internet giant is considering the Republic as one of two possible locations for its European hub, in a move that could bring a major employment boost.
More from the Irish Independent 16th January 2008
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Ailish O’Hora writes in the Irish Independent on 16th January 2008:
Ranking for foreign direct investment is on slide
Ireland’s foreign direct investment (FDI) ranking fell four places to 14th out of 30 countries in 2007, according to a survey from National Irish Bank and OCO Consulting.
But the index, which is adjusted to take the size of [...]

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