Rialtas.net - Government 2.0

From the Sunday Business Post 22nd June 2008
Responsibility for E-Government has moved from the Department of the Taoiseach to the Department of Finance.
From the Sunday Business Post:
Brian Lenihan, the Minister for Finance, will bring proposals to cabinet in the coming weeks aimed at modernising and improving e-government services in Ireland.
The Department of Finance assumed responsibility […]

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Harry McGee Reports in the Irish Times today that John Gormley, the Minister for the Environment, last night unveiled some of the key components of the Green Party Paper on local government which will be published in 10 days’ time.
Speaking at the opening of the Green Party’s annual convention in Dundalk, Co Louth, Mr Gormley […]

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I think that this might be the first government statement on eGovernment in Ireland in several years…..
Some Excerpts..
Developing an Inclusive Knowledge Society
Taking that “end-user” perspective as my starting point I see the main requirement of ‘quality’ as the degree to which technology meets the expectations the demands that people have.
The development of an inclusive Knowledge […]

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From the Register:
Top boffins have given economic backing to a campaign to relax access restrictions on government-collected databases, such as the Ordnance Survey’s unrivalled stash of UK mapping information.
The Department for Business, Employment and Regulatory Reform (BERR, formerly DTI) released the analysis, commissioned from a team at the University of Cambridge, last week. It refutes […]

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The Joint Committee on Broadcasting and Parliamentary Information has arranged Webcasting of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. Live and archive Webcasting may only be viewed in accordance with the Rules of Coverage.
The Webcast Windows Media Player service is available on the Internet, and on educational and research networks, provided in association with HEAnet. The IPTV […]

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The UN E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance assesses the e-government readiness of the 192 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional arrangements can be […]

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We are now looking at Evan Miller’s Google Map Extension for Mediawiki as a solution for the mapping element of the public consultation project. Essentially we want visitors to be able to mark a point on a map and add a comment, this extension is pretty close to what we need, however at the moment […]

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We had our second meeting regarding our public consultation process and it is confirmed that we are planning to use MediaWiki as the basis for a public wiki seeking feedback from the public on a development plan. My demo wiki is up and running on our Intranet and staff will be invited to ‘explore’ and […]

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Lots of organisations are starting to clamp down on Internet usage within the organisation. It should be remembered however, that heavy handed IT security policies can demoralise and demotivate staff. The old adage, ‘treat people like children and they will behave like children’ comes to mind.
I know some people whom have had experience working in […]

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The Director of Public Prosecutions has published a discussion paper on the DPP website. He is asking the public to provide feedback on the current policy of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions not to give reasons either to victims or to the public generally when a decision is made not to […]

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